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"THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS NOT TRYING TO DRAG YOU INTO THE WAR"
By the MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN, Ambassador of Great Britain
Delivered Before the Chicago Council of Foreign Relations, January 4, 1940
By PELHAM ST. GEORGE BISSELL, President Justice of the Municipal Court of the City of New York
Delivered over station WNEW, New York City, January 11, 1940
IT IS MAN'S QUEST FOR LIBERATION
By STYLES BRIDGES, U. S. Senator, Republican, of New Hampshire
At the Westminster College Political Forum, Fulton, Missouri, January 16, 1940
WE ARE WITNESSING A NEW KIND OF WARFARE
By W. H. JASSPON, President, Memphis Chamber of Commerce, Memphis, Tennessee
Delivered at Commodity Club Dinner, New York City, January 18, 1940
IT WILL RAGE AND ROAR EVER MORE LOUDLY
By WINSTON CHURCHILL, First Lord of the British Admiralty
Radio Address from London, January 20, 1940
IT IS BETWEEN TWO TYPES OF CIVILIZATION
By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President, Columbia University
Delivered at Annual Meeting of The Pilgrims, Hotel Biltmore, New York City, January 24, 1940
GOD'S LAST CHANCE TO MAKE A WORLD
By ARTHUR H. VANDENBERG, U. S. Senator from Michigan
Delivered at St. Paul, Minn., February 10, 1940
By FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States
Delivered to the American Youth Congress at Washington, D. C., February 11, 1940
By ADOLF HITLER, Chancellor of Germany
Delivered at Munich, February 24, 1940
(Partial Text)
MULTIPLICATION INSTEAD OF DIVISION
By STYLES BRIDGES, U. S. Senator from New Hampshire
Delivered before a meeting of the Texas State Central Republican Committee. Baker Hotel, Dallas, Texas,February 24, 1940
By NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, Prime Minister of Great Britain
Delivered in Birmingham, England, and broadcast to the United States, February 24, 1940
ANTHONY EDEN
February 29, 1940
THE NATION CANNOT SPEAK WITH A MULTITUDE OF VOICES
By ROBERT A. TAFT, U. S. Senator from Ohio
Delivered before the Saturday Discussions Committee of the National Republican Club, New York City,March 2, 1940
THE MADNESS OF EUROPE WAS TOO GREAT
By KEY PITTMAN, U. S. Senator from Nevada
Delivered before the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, Washington, D. C., March 11, 1940
WE MUST FORGET THE PAST AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE
By VAINO TANNER, Foreign Minister of Finland
Delivered over radio March 13, 1940 [Excerpts]
March 27 (legislative day, March 4), 1940.
DWELLING IN THE CAGE WITH THE TIGER
By WINSTON CHURCHILL, First Lord of the British Admiralty
Broadcast from London, England, March 31, 1940
THE WAY OUT OF OUR VALLEY OF DESPAIR
By GENERAL HUGH S. JOHNSON, Political Commentator and Formerly Director of the N.R.A.
Before the National Democratic Club of New York, April 6, 1940
WHY SHOULD WE RUN AWAY FROM REALITIES
By HENRY M. WRISTON, Educator and Lecturer
Delivered at Academy of Political Science, New York, April 11, 1940
WE MUST NOT CLOSE OUR EYES TO THE BRUTAL FACTS
By FRANK KNOX, Publisher, Chicago Daily News
Delivered at the annual meeting banquet of the National Association Legions of Honor At Cleveland, Ohio. April 13, 1940
WE ARE DETERMINED TO LIVE IN PEACE
By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Delivered to the Pan American Union at Washington, April 15, 1940
OUR JOB IS TO KEEP TO THE PATH OF AMERICANISM
By J. EDGAR HOOVER, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice
Delivered before the 49th Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall, Washington, D. C., April 18, 1940
PAX BRITANNICA OR PAX HITLERICA
By the MOST HON. THE MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN, C.H., British Ambassador to the United States
Delivered to the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, April 19, 1940
WE MUST FACE THE DIFFICULTIES BEFORE US
By RAYMOND B. STEVENS, Chairman of U. S. Tariff Commission
Delivered over the radio, New York City, April 24, 1940
A PENALTY MAN HAS TO PAY FOR THE TYPE OF CULTURE HE HAS CREATED
By JOSEPH S. ROUCEK, Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Hofstra College, Hempstead, N. Y.
Delivered for the Eastern Sociological Society, at the Berkeley-Carteret Hotel Asbury Park, N. April 27, 1940
THE FOUNDATION OF LIBERTY AND ORDER
By THOMAS E. DEWEY, candidate for the Republican nomination for President
Delivered at Friends University, Wichita, Kansas, April 29, 1940
WE FACE A STATE OF THINGS MOST GRAVE
By DR. PAUL VAN ZEELAND, Former Prime Minister of Belgium
Delivered before the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Washington, D. C., April 29, 1940
MORE PRECIOUS THAN LIFE ITSELF
By PELHAM ST. GEORGE BISSELL, President Justice of the Municipal Court of the City of New York
Over Station WNYC, April 30, 1940
INTELLIGENT DIRECTION OF NATURAL FORCES
By FRANK B. JEWETT, President, Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York City
Delivered before Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Washington, D. C., Tuesday, April 30, 1940
OUR LONG-TERM STRATEGY WILL WIN THE WAR
By NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, Prime Minister of Great Britain
Delivered in House of Commons, May 4, 1940
OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES MUST NEVER BE ABRIDGED
By JOSEPH E. DAVIES, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
Delivered at the Banquet of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wisconsin, in connection with ceremonies dedicating the University's New Law Library, May 5, 1940
Luxembourg and the German Invasion, Before and After
Based on official documents with a Preface by M. Joseph Bech
Winston Churchill
MAY 13, 1940
Anthony Eden
May 14, 1940.
By ROBERT JOHNSON
Delivered in the State Oratorical Contest held at Sterling Morton Junior College in Cicero, Ill., May 15, 1940
By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Delivered to Congress, May 16, 1940
THERE IS NO UNBROKEN LINE OF PROGRESS IN HISTORY
By BRUCE HOPPER, Associate Professor of Government at Harvard University
Delivered in Symposium on "Our Expanding Horizons," Metropolitan Opera House, New York, May 17, 1940
LET US TURN OUR EYES TO OUR OWN NATION
By COL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH
Delivered over radio, May 19, 1940
First Broadcast as Prime Minister to the British People.
THE WORLD IS PERPETUALLY GOING TO THE DOGS
By PROF. BOYD H. BODE, of The Ohio State University
Delivered at the fifteenth annual meeting of the American Association for Adult Education New York City, May 20, 1940
WHEN GOOD WILL BE STRONG, EVIL WILL BE HARMLESS
By G. A. BORGESE, Professor of Italian Literature, University of Chicago
Delivered at the fifteenth annual meeting of the American Association for Adult Education, Hotel Astor, New York City,May 21, 1940
UNFLINCHING COURAGE AND DEVOTION NEEDED
By HANS KOHN, Professor of History at Smith College
Delivered before the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the American Association for Adult Education, May 21, 1940
THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IS NOT THE RULE OF THE MAJORITY
By HENRY M. WRISTON, Author and Educator
Before the American Association for Adult Education, New York, May 22, 1940
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF AMERICAN ENTERPRISE
By ALFRED P. SLOAN, JR., Chairman, General Motors Corporation
Delivered at the 24th Annual Meeting of the "National Industrial Conference Board, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, May 22, 1940
WE MUST DEFEND OUR FOUNDATIONS
By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Over radio from the White House, May 26, 1940
WE HAVE NO GOOD REASON TO BE DISCOURAGED OR FEARFUL
By EX-PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER
Over radio, May 27, 1940
By MARK EISNER, Attorney and former Chairman of the Board of Higher Education of the City of New York
Delivered over Municipal Broadcasting System, Radio Station WNYC, New York City, Tuesday, May 28, 1940
By MAJOR AL WILLIAMS, Famous Aviator
Radio address delivered May 29, 1940
OUR NATIONAL SOUL IS PUT TO THE TEST
By J. C. McMANAWAY, Lawyer of Clarksburg, W. Va., formerly Major in the Intelligence Service of the A.E.F.
Delivered at Memorial Day Celebration, May 30, 1940
WISDOM AND NOT PREJUDICES MUST GUIDE HIS ACTIONS
By JAMES M. LANDIS, Dean, Law School of Harvard University
Delivered at the annual dinner of the National Lawyers' Guild in New York City on May 31, 1940
RESISTANCE WITHOUT HATE OR ANGER
By CURTIS BOK, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia
Delivered at annual dinner of the National Lawyers Guild, Hotel Roosevelt, N. Y. C., May 31, 1940
By HENRY R. LUCE, Editor of Time and Life
Delivered over Station WABC, Saturday, June 1, 1940
WHAT SHOULD BE OUR POSITION TODAY?
By JAMES D. MOONEY, Vice President, General Motors Corporation, in Charge of Overseas Operations
Address at the Fifty-Fifth Alumni Reunion Banquet, Case Alumni Association, Case School of Applied Science University Club, Cleveland, Ohio, June 1, 1940
HAVE WE THE COURAGE TO FACE THE REALITIES OF THE SITUATION
By DR. FRANK AYDELOTTE, President, Swarthmore College
Commencement Address, Swarthmore College, June 3, 1940
THE BEST ANSWER TO THE TREND TOWARD DICTATORSHIP
By WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT, Governor of Rhode Island
Delivered at Governor's Conference, Duluth, Minnesota, June 3, 1940
WE SHALL DEFEND OUR ISLAND WHATEVER THE COST
By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Prime Minister of Great Britain
Before the House of Commons, June 4, 1940
NO ONE CAN BE ISOLATED FROM THIS TREMENDOUS STRUGGLE
By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President, Columbia University
Delivered at the 186th Commencement, June 4, 1940
WAR EFFORT MUST BE FAST, COMPLETE, UNRESERVED AND FREQUENTLY BRUTAL
By LEO M. CHERNE, Executive Secretary, The Research Institute of America, Inc.
Delivered before the National Association of Purchasing Agents, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 4, 1940
By CARL W. ACKERMAN, Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University
Delivered over Columbia Broadcasting System, June 5, 1940
WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF ALL
By PAUL REYNAUD, Premier of France
Over radio from Paris, France, June 6th, 1940
WE MUST RE-AMERICANIZE AMERICA
By HANFORD MacNIDER, formerly Assistant Secretary of War and former Commander of the American Legion
Over Columbia Broadcasting System from Chicago, June 6, 1940
THERE IS A HARD VIRTUE STILL WITHIN US
By FOSTER KENNEDY, M.D., F.R.S.E.
Presidential Address, American "Neurological Association, Rye, New York, June 6, 1940
By DR. HAROLD W. DODDS, President of Princeton University
Delivered at the Baccalaureate Service in the Princeton University Chapel, June 9, 1940
TIMES ARE ALWAYS BAD FOR THOSE WILLING TO ACCEPT DEFEAT
By GEORGE BARTON CUTTEN, President of Colgate University
Baccalaureate Sermon delivered at Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y., June 9, 1940
GREAT DAYS LIE AHEAD FOR MORAL HEROES
By ARNAUD C. MARTS, President of Bucknell University
Baccalaureate Address delivered at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, June 9, 1940
WE WILL NOT SLOW DOWN OR DETOUR
By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Delivered at Charlottesville, Va., as an address to the graduating class of the University of Virginia and over the radio to the world, June 10, 1940
WE WANT TO BREAK THE CHAINS THAT CONFINE US
By BENITO MUSSOLINI, Premier of Italy
Delivered at Rome, June 10, 1940
WE HOPE AMERICA IS AWARE OF THE DANGERS IT FACES
By RAYMOND J. KELLY, National Commander of The American Legion
Broadcast from Board of Trade Post of The American Legion Banquet, June 10, 1940
By HARRY WOODBURN CHASE, Chancellor of New York University Commencement
Address delivered at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, June 10, 1940
WE ARE LOSING OUR MORAL PRINCIPLES
By ROBERT M. HUTCHINS, President, The University of Chicago
Convocation Address, June 11, 1940
IT'S HIGH TIME FOR SCHOLARS TO QUIT THEIR IVORY TOWERS
By DR. WILLIAM F. LINGLEBACH, Professor of Modern History, University of Pennsylvania
Delivered before the Commencement Class of the Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences,Philadelphia, June 12, 1940
NO PEOPLE EVER HAD A GREATER DECISION TO MAKE
By COL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH
Radio Address, June 15, 1940
By KEY PITTMAN, U. S. Senator from Nevada
Radio Address, June 16, 1940, from Washington, D. C.
THE WORLD IS SPEEDING DOWN THE HILL
By RAY LYMAN WILBUR, President of Stanford University
Delivered at the 49th Annual Commencement, June 16, 1940
THE VALIDITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL
By RAYMOND GRAM SWING, Author, Journalist and Radio Commentator
Commencement Address delivered at Olivet College, June 16, 1940
WE MUST NOT THROW AWAY OUR HARD-WON BIRTHRIGHT
By DR. KARL T. COMPTON, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Delivered at the Commencement Exercises, Wellesley College, June 17, 1940
OUR UNEQUAL STRUGGLE AGAINST THE GERMAN HORDES
By CROWN PRINCESS JULIANA of the Netherlands
Delivered over the radio from Montebello, Quebec, June 17, 1940
A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
By EDMUND EZRA DAY, President, Cornell University
Commencement Address, made June 17, 1940
WISDOM AND WISE LEADERSHIP NEEDED
By DR. BROOKS EMENY; Director, Foreign Affairs, Council in Cooperation with Cleveland College;
Author, The Strategy of Raw Materials: A Study of America in Peace and War; etc.
Delivered at Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, June 17, 1940
LET US BRACE OURSELVES TO OUR DUTY
By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Prime Minister of Great Britain
Delivered before the House of Commons, June 18, 1940s
LONDON, 18 JUNE 1940
Charles de Gaulle
PROHIBIT THIS 25% FROM UNDERMINING THE ENTIRE 100%
By ROGER W. BABSON, Economist and Candidate for President of the U. S. Prohibition Party
Delivered over Columbia Broadcasting System, from New York City, June 19, 1940
LONDON,19 JUNE1940
Charles de Gaulle
THESE ARE BLACK DAYS FOR THE HUMAN RACE
By CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State of the United States
Delivered at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., June 20, 1940
LIBERAL DEMOCRACY HAS NOT FAILED
By PAUL SHIPMAN ANDREWS, Dean, College of Law, Syracuse University
Delivered at the Annual Dinner of the Pennsylvania State Bar Association, June 20, 1940, Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania
AN OPEN FORUM FOR ALL OPINION IS NECESSARY
By DR. DONALD MEIKLEJOHN, Associate Professor in Philosophy, College of William and Mary; formerly member of faculty, Dartmouth College
Delivered before the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, June 21, 1940
COMPIÈGNE, JUNE 22, 1940
OUR FLAG REMAINS WITHOUT STAIN
By HENRI PHILLIPPE PETAIN, Marshal of France and head of the new French Government
Radio address made June 22, 1940, from Bordeaux
WE SEEM HEADED FOR THAT PATH NOW
By GENERAL HUGH S. JOHNSON, Political Commentator and Formerly Director, N.R.A.
Delivered over the Columbia Broadcasting System, from Washington, June 22, 1940
LIBERTY MUST RISE AND MEET HER FOE
By WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE, Editor of the Emporia Kansas Gazette
Delivered at a dinner given in honor of Richard Archbold, Explorer and Scientist, at Holland House, N. Y. June 22, 1940
'THE HIGHEST INTERESTS OF OUR COUNTRY'
LONDON, 22 JUNE 1940
Charles de Gaulle
THE WAY TO GET OUT OF A HOLE IS TO WIDEN IT
By FREDERICK V. FIELD, Secretary, the American Council, Institute of Pacific Relations
Delivered before the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, June 24, 1940
'SOMEWHERE, THE FLAME OF FRENCH RESISTANCE MUST BURN BRIGHT'
LONDON, 24 JUNE1940
Charles de Gaulle
By HAROLD E. STASSEN, Governor of Minnesota
Keynote address at the Republican Convention held in Philadelphia, June 25, 1940
"A MAN BIG ENOUGH TO BE PRESIDENT"
By CHARLES A. HALLECK, Congressman from Indiana
Nominating Speech, made at the Republican Convention in Philadelphia, June 26, 1940
LONDON, 26 JUNE1940
Charles de Gaulle
THE DEFENCE OF THE HOME COUNTRY
Anthony Eden
June 26, 1940.
FACING A DARK AND UNCERTAIN FUTURE
By W. L. CLAYTON, Chairman of the Board of Anderson, Clayton & Co., Cotton Brokers, and formerly Vice Chairman Business Advisory Council of the Department of Commerce
Delivered at a dinner tendered by the Waco Chamber of Commerce to delegates to the Cotton Research Congressat Waco, Texas, June 27, 1940
ON THE OCCASION OF GENERAL DE GAULLE'S RECOGNITION AS LEADER OF THE FREE FRENCH
LONDON,28JUNE1940
Charles de Gaulle
A PRIMER OF AMERICAN SELF-GOVERNMENT
By PHILIP D. REED, Chairman of the Board, General Electric Company
Delivered at a luncheon meeting of the Sales Executives Club of New York at the Hotel Roosevelt New York, July 2, 1940
LONDON, 2 JULY 1940
To all true Frenchmen
Charles de Gaulle
THE VISION OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
By JOHN W. STUDEBAKER, U. S. Commissioner of Education
Delivered at the 78th Annual Convention of the National Education Association, July 3, 1940, Milwaukee, Wis.
By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Prime Minister of Great Britain
Delivered to the House of Commons, July 4, 1940
LONDON, 8 JULY 1940
Charles de Gaulle
By LIEUT. GENERAL HUGH A. DRUM, of the U. S. Army
Delivered at Governor's Island, New York, July 9, 1940
PUT OUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER FIRST
By MERLE THORPE, Editor and Publisher, Nation's Business
Before North Carolina Bankers Association, at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, July 10, 1940
WE WANT NO HUGE STANDING ARMY IN PEACE TIME
By FREDERICK C. SMITH, Republican Congressman from Ohio
Delivered over the Red Network of the National Broadcasting Company July 11, 1940
ON THE EVE OF FRANCE'S NATIONAL DAY
LONDON, 13 JULY 1940
Charles de Gaulle
Winston Churchill
July 14, 1940, BBC Broadcast, London
THE ISSUES SHOULD BE CLOTHED IN GARMENTS OF TRUTH AND REASON
By WILLIAM B. BANKHEAD, Temporary Chairman of the Democratic National Convention
Keynote address, delivered July 15, 1940
The Charge d'affaires in the United States to the Foreign Ministry (Berlin)
Top Secret
No. 1482 of July 18
Washington, July 19, 1940—4:51 PM
I HAD NOT PLANNED TO RUN AGAIN
By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Acceptance speech delivered to the Democratic National Convention, July 19, 1940
A GREAT EMPIRE WILL BE DESTROYED
By ADOLF HITLER, Chancellor of Germany
Speech made to the Reichstag, July 19, 1940
By DOROTHY THOMPSON, Newspaper Columnist
Address to the Men and Women of Canada, over a national network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, July 21, 1940, at the invitation of the Director of Public Information for Canada
By LORD HALIFAX, Foreign Secretary of Great Britain
Radio Address made July 22, 1940, from London
REAL HAPPINESS, LIKE SALVATION, CANNOT BE BOUGHT FROM A SLOT MACHINE
By CARLE C. ZIMMERMAN, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Delivered at the New England Conference on Tomorrow's Children, July 26, 1940
Conference is sponsored by Harvard Summer School and National Conference on Family Relations
By JAMES A. FARRELL, Chairman, National Foreign Trade Council, Inc.
At the First General Session of the Twenty-Seventh National Foreign Trade Convention, Palace Hotel,San Francisco, California, July 29, 1940
By CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State of the United States
Statement made upon leaving Habana at the close of the second meeting of the foreign ministers or their representatives of the American Republics, at Habana, Cuba, on July 30, 1940
TO THE FRENCHMEN OF THE EMPIRE
LONDON, 30 JULY 1940
Charles de Gaulle
COMPULSORY SERVICE MUST BE ADOPTED
By HENRY L. STIMSON, Secretary of War
Before the House Military Affairs Committee, in support of the Burke-Wadsworth Bill, July 31, 1940
LONDON, 1 AUGUST 1940
Charles de Gaulle
WE WILL NEVER ACCEPT A PHILOSOPHY OF CALAMITY
By COLONEL CHARLES A. LINDBERGH
Delivered at the Keep-America-Out-of-War Rally, Chicago, August 4, 1940
WE MUST HELP GREAT BRITAIN AT ONCE
By GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING
Delivered over the Radio at Washington, D. C., August 4, 1940
THE COUNTRY IS BEING RUSHED PELL-MELL INTO MILITARY CONSCRIPTION
By DR. HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK, Clergyman, Educator, Pastor of the Riverside Church, New York City
Delivered over the Columbia Broadcasting Company's Network, August 7, 1940
DEPARTMENT OF
STATE
Publication 2483
EUROPEAN
SERIES 8
By WILLIAM H. STANDLEY, Admiral, U. S. Navy
Delivered over the Columbia Broadcasting System, August 10, 1940
ON THE OCCASION OF THE CHURCHILL-DE GAULLE AGREEMENT
LONDON, 12 AUGUST 1940
Charles de Gaulle
A SURVEY OF OUR POSITION-AUGUST 1940
Anthony Eden
August 14, 1940.
PEACE TIME CONSCRIPTION A MENACE TO OUR LIBERTIES
By BURTON K. WHEELER, United States Senator from Montana
Delivered under the auspices of the "Keep Out of War Congress" over the Blue Network of the National Broadcasting Company, August 15, 1940
LONDON, 15 AUGUST 1940
Charles de Gaulle
LONDON, 16 AUGUST 1940
Charles de Gaulle
THE NEW DEAL LEADS TO DISASTER
By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Republican Presidential Nominee
Delivered at Callaway Park, Elwood, Indiana, August 17, 1940
OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE CANNOT LONG EXIST WITHOUT RELIGIOUS FAITH
By DR. ROBERT GORDON SPROUL, President of the University of California
Delivered before the Biennial Council of Congregational and Christian Churches, meeting in Berkeley, August 17, 1940
OUR FATE DEPENDS ON WHAT EACH ONE OF US DOES NOW
By WILLIAM C. BULLITT, Ambassador to France
Delivered at the Invitation of the American Philosophical Society in Independence Square, Philadelphia,August 18, 1940
By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Prime Minister of Great Britain
Delivered to the House of Commons, London, August 20, 1940
'THEY MAY HAVE SERVED FRANCE ONCE BUT NOW THEY ARE HER TRAITORS'
LONDON, 22 AUGUST 1940
Charles de Gaulle
PLANES AND TANKS ALONE WILL NOT SAVE US
By DR. JOEL H. HILDEBRAND, Professor of Chemistry, Dean of the College of Letters and Science University of California
Delivered before the Commonwealth Club of California, August 23, 1940
By GENERAL HUGH S. JOHNSON, Political Commentator and Formerly Director, N.R.A.
Delivered over the Columbia Broadcasting System network, August 23, 1940
By L. F. CHAPMAN, Superintendent State Prison, Raiford, Florida
Commencement Address, University of Florida, August 24, 1940
THE CHALLENGE OF THE SCIENTIFIC WAR MACHINE
By JOHN CUDAHY, American Ambassador to Belgium
Delivered at the Annual Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Los Angeles, California, August 26, 1940
'THE BRAVE DECISION OF CHAD TERRITORY'
LONDON, 27 AUGUST 1940
Charles de Gaulle
Politics of Our Military National Defense
History of Political Forces Within the United States Which has Shaped Our Military National Defense from 1873-1940 Together with the Defenese Acts of 1916 and 1920 as Case Studies.
76th Congress, 3d Session, Document No. 274
August 28, 1940
EQUATORIAL AFRICA AND THE CAMEROONS RALLY TO FREE FRANCE
LONDON, 29 AUGUST 1940
Charles de Gaulle
Defense (PDF)
Published by National Defense Advisory Commission
August 30, 1940
By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Presidential Candidate of the Republican Party
Statement made at Rushville, Indiana, August 31, 1940
WE MUST LEARN TO LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THINGS
By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President, Columbia University
Delivered at the Parrish Memorial Art Museum, Southampton, Long Island, September 1, 1940
By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Delivered at Newfound Gap, Tenn., on the occasion of the dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, September 2, 1940
WE REFUSE TO BELIEVE IN THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL
By WILLIAM GREEN, President, American Federation of Labor
Delivered at Denver, Colo., September 2, 1940
WE MUST RELY ON OUR OWN STRENGTH
By GENERAL HUGH JOHNSON, Political Commentator and former Director of N.R.A.
Delivered over the N.B.C. Network, September 5, 1940
THE ULTIMATE VICTORY AND ITS AFTERMATH
By SIR EDWARD BEATTY, Chairman of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Delivered at a Joint Complimentary Dinner of the Vancouver Board of Trade, the Canadian Club of Vancouver and theVancouver Bar Association, September 5, 1940
'ONE DAY THOSE WHO WERE REALLY RESPONSIBLE WILL HAVE TO STAND THEIR TRIAL'
LONDON, 9 SEPTEMBER 1940
Charles de Gaulle
OUR EDUCATION CANNOT SUPPORT DEMOCRACY
By MORTIMER J. ADLER, University of Chicago
Delivered at the Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion, held in New York, September 10, 1940
By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Delivered before the International Teamsters Union, Washington, D. C., September 11, 1940
By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Prime Minister of Great Britain
Broadcast from London, England, September 11, 1940
INTERPRETIVE FORCES IN HUMAN LIFE
By F. ERNEST JOHNSON, Teachers College, Columbia University
Delivered at the Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion, held in New York, September 11, 1940.
By HAROLD D. LASSWELL, Washington School of Psychiatry
Delivered at the Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion, New York, September 11, 1940.
DISCORD AND DISUNITY WILL ARISE IF OPPOSITION IS SUPPRESSED
By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Presidential nominee of the Republican Party in 1940
Delivered over the radio, November 11, 1940
By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Republican Presidential Candidate
Delivered at Coffeyville, Kansas, September 16, 1940
FREE IN A HOVEL RATHER THAN REGIMENTED IN A CASTLE
By GEORGE BARTON CUTTEN, President of Colgate University
Convocation Address, delivered at Colgate University, September 18, 1940
Mobilizing Industry for National Defense
BUSINESS IS NOT OUT-OF-JAIL ON PROBATION
By RALPH K. STRASSMAN, Lt. Colonel U. S. Army and Vice President, Ward Wheelock Company—Advertising
Delivered before The National Office Management Association, New York City, September 18, 1940
AMERICA AND CIVILIZATION CAN BE SAVED
By MAURY MAVERICK, Mayor of San Antonio, Texas
Delivered at the Coliseum in Chicago, Illinois, on September 18, 1940, before the Committee for Aiding the Allies
By JOHN W. DAVIS, Former President of the American Bar Association and Presidential Candidate of the Democratic Party in 1924
Delivered to the U. S. Senate Sub-Committee, September 19, 1940
SCIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE HAVE FAILED
By MOST REV. FRANCIS J. SPELLMAN, Archbishop of New York
Delivered at the National Convention of the American Legion, Boston, Mass., September 22, 1940
WE ARE NOT PUT INTO THIS WORLD TO SIT STILL
By DR. HAROLD W. DODDS, President of Princeton University
Delivered in the Princeton University Chapel on September 22, 1940, at the exercises opening the 194th year of Princeton University
A GREAT DEAL DEPENDS ON SOUND FINANCE
By W. RANDOLPH BURGESS, Vice-Chairman of the Board, The National City Bank of New York
Delivered before the National Bank Division, American Bankers Association, Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 23, 1940
By E. M. FORSTER, Journalist
Over British Broadcasting Station, September 24, 1940
FALSE DOCTRINES UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY
By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President, Columbia University
Delivered at the Opening of the 187th Year of Columbia University, September 25, 1940
OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS AT STAKE
By JAMES E. VAN ZANDT, Congressman from the 23rd District of Pennsylvania
Delivered over the National Broadcasting Company, September 27, 1940, from Pittsburgh, Pa.
THE MOST CRITICAL MOMENT OF OUR LIFE
By SUMNER WELLES, Under Secretary of State
Delivered before the Foreign Affairs Council, Cleveland, Ohio, September 28, 1940
By W. J. CAMERON, of Ford Motor Co.
Broadcast over the Nation-Wide Network of the Columbia Broadcasting System from Detroit, September 29, 1940
THE NEW DEAL HAS LOST FAITH IN THE PEOPLE
By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Presidential Candidate of the Republican Party
Delivered before the Federation of Republican Women's Clubs, Detroit, Mich., October 1, 1940
SAVE THEM AND WE SAVE OUR LIBERTIES
By RAYMOND MOLEY, Contributing Editor of Newsweek
Delivered before The Associated Willkie Clubs of Stamford, Stamford, Connecticut, October 1, 1940
UNIVERSITY FREEDOM IS AS IMPORTANT AS ACADEMIC FREEDOM
By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President of Columbia University
Delivered at a General Assembly of the University Faculties, McMillin Academic Theatre,Columbia University, October 3, 1940
By FREDERICK C. SMITH, Congressman, Republican, of Ohio, (Eighth District)
Delivered over the Mutual Broadcasting System, October 3, 1940
THE COURSE WE ARE PURSUING LEADS TO WAR
By GENERAL ROBERT E. WOOD, Acting Chairman, America First Committee, President, Sears Roebuck & Co.
Delivered before the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, October 4, 1940
The Charge d'Affaires in the United States to the Foreign Ministry (Berlin)
top secret
Washington, October 4, 1940—8:22 am
FREE SCHOOLS IN A FREE AMERICA
By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Delivered at the dedication of three Dutchess County schools at Hyde Park, N. Y., October 5, 1940
WE ARE APPROACHING AN HOUR OF DECISION
By FRANK KNOX, Secretary of the Navy
Delivered at the Graduation Exercises of the Fifteenth Session and Retraining Course of the FBI National Police AcademyWashington, D. C., October 5, 1940
WAR IS NEVER THE ROAD TO PEACE
By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Presidential Candidate of the Republican Party
Delivered at St. Louis, Mo., October 17, 1940
OUR FRONTIERS DO NOT LIE IN EUROPE
By COL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH
Delivered over the radio from Washington, D. C., October 13, 1940
GOVERNMENTS CANNOT CONTROL PRICES
By WILLIAM TRUFANT FOSTER, Economist and Author. Director, Pollak Foundation for Economic Research
Delivered at Convention of the American Hardware Manufacturers' Association, Atlantic City, October 16, 1940
By HAROLD G. CAMPBELL, Superintendent of Schools, City of New York
Delivered at The Convocation of The Regents of the University of the State of New York, Albany, October 17, 1940
THEY DO NOT WANT WAR WITH JAPAN
By RUSH D. HOLT, U. S. Senator from West Virginia
Over the National Broadcasting Network, October 17, 1940
By HIRAM W. JOHNSON, U. S. Senator from California
Broadcast from the Nations Capital, over the facilities of the Columbia Broadcasting System, October 18, 1940
By the Most Reverend WILLIAM TEMPLE, Archbishop of York
Delivered over the British Broadcasting System, October 18, 1940
SLEEP TO GATHER STRENGTH FOR THE MORNING
By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Prime Minister of Great Britain
Delivered Over Radio from London, October 19, 1940
A BASIC PROBLEM IN AN INDUSTRIAL NATION
By WILLIAM L. BATT, Deputy Commissioner of the Industrial Materials Division of the National Defense Advisory Commission
Delivered at the Herald-Tribune Forum, October 22, 1940
IT IS FOR PEACE THAT I HAVE LABORED
By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Delivered at Philadelphia, October 23, 1940
INTELLECTUALISM HAS CRIPPLED US
By W. H. COWLEY, President of Hamilton College
Delivered at the Fall Convocation at University of Rochester, October 23, 1940
By J. HILLIS MILLER, President, Keuka College
Delivered at the "New Citizen Dinner" sponsored by the Rochester Chamber of Commerce, October 24, 1940
GREAT NATIONS CANNOT BE KEPT IN THE CONDITION OF SERVITUDE
By REAR ADMIRAL HARRY E. YARNELL, former Commander of the Asiatic Fleet
Delivered at the N. Y. Herald Tribune Forum, October 26, 1940
ON THE OCCASION OF THE SETTING-UP OF THE IMPERIAL DEFENCE COUNCIL
LEOPOLDVILLE, 27 OCTOBER 1940
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DIFFICULTIES WE MAY HAVE TO FACE
By EUGENE P. THOMAS, President, National Foreign Trade Council, Inc., New York
Delivered at Meeting of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland, Ohio, October 29, 1940
THE FUTURE SECURITY OF THE NEW WORLD
By LAURENCE DUGGAN, Adviser on Political Relations, Department of State
Delivered at a luncheon of the Foreign Policy Association, New York City, November 2, 1940
By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Prime Minister of Great Britain
In the House of Commons, November 5, 1940
CIVILIZATIONS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED
By DR. NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President of Columbia University
Delivered at Dinner in Honor of Maria Moors Cabot Medalists, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York, N. Y.November 6, 1940
WHAT, THEN, SHALL WE CONTEMPLATE TOMORROW?
By W. J. CAMERON, of the Ford Motor Co.
Armistice Day address broadcast over the Nation-Wide Network of the Columbia Broadcasting Systemfrom Detroit, November 10, 1940
BRAZZAVILLE, 11 NOVEMBER 1940
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Winston Churchill
By MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYSER, Journalist
Delivered before the National Founders Association, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, November 13, 1940
The Attack on the Italian Fleet at Taranto
A Statement to THE HOUSE OF COMMONS November 13, 1940
Winston S. Churchill
WE WILL BE READY IN TWO OCEANS
By CLARK H. WOODWARD, Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy; Commandant, Third Naval District
Delivered at the 172nd Annual Banquet of the Chamber of Commerce, State of New York, New York CityNovember 14, 1940
WE ARE AT A TURNING POINT IN OUR HISTORY
By H. W. PRENTIS, JR., President, National Association of Manufacturers
Delivered at Annual Convention of the American Petroleum Institute, Chicago, Illinois, November 14, 1940
The Place of the University in a Modern Democracy
THE GUARDIANS OF ETERNAL VALUES
By A. A. BERLE, Assistant Secretary of State of the United States
Delivered at a dinner of the Association of American Universities; Washington, November 15, 1940
A GRAB-BAG INSTEAD OF A TREASURE CHEST
By MARK MATTHEWS, President of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Delivered at the National Conference on Government, Springfield, Mass., November 18, 1940
By JAMES B. CONANT, President of Harvard University
Delivered over a nation-wide hook-up of the Columbia Broadcasting System on a program under the auspices of the William Allen White Committee from Boston, Mass., November 20, 1940
A SPEECH TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AT THE OPENING OF A NEW SESSION
NOVEMBER 21, 1940
Winston S. Churchill
FOR
MAURY MAVERICK
PAUL BLANSHARD
AGAINST
H. W. PRENTIS, Jr.
FRANK M. DIXON
Delivered over the Radio, November 22, 1940, from St. Louis and New York over NBC network, arranged for by Mr. Harold G. Ingram, Director, University of Kansas Extension Division
'THE FEARFUL LOGIC OF THIS WAR'
LONDON, 25 NOVEMBER 1940
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By KING-CHAU MUI, Chinese Consul-General at Honolulu
Delivered over the radio from Hilo, Hawaii, November 28, 1940
IT IS A MISTAKE TO EMPHASIZE KNOWLEDGE OVER FAITH
By DR. NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President of Columbia University
Delivered at the Rededication of Earl Hall, November 28, 1940
By COUNT CARLO SFORZA, Carnegie Visiting Professor of International Relations at Union College
Delivered at Union College, November 28, 1940
By HENRY M. WRISTON, President of Brown University
Delivered at the National Interfraternity Conference Dinner, New York City, New York, November 29, 1940
'THE NATION WILL NOT TAKE DISASTER LYING DOWN'
LONDON, 29 NOVEMBER 1940
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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN BRITAIN
By MARY E. MURPHY, Ph.D., London, Certified Public Accountant, and of Hunter College, New York
Delivered at the Formal Institution Banquet of Pi Lambda Theta, at Men's Faculty Club,Columbia University, November 30, 1940
By BENJAMIN M. ANDERSON, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of California at Los Angeles, and Consulting Economist, Capital Research Company, Los Angeles
Delivered before the California State Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon at the Ambassador Hotel,Los Angeles, California, December 6, 1940
The Role of American Education in the Democratic Process
NOW IS NO TIME TO PUT INTELLIGENCE ON THE SHELF
By DR. SAMUEL N. STEVENS, President, Grinnell College
Delivered at the convention of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents, N. Y. C., December 6, 1940
FREEDOM IS NOT A GIFT BUT A VICTORY
By LT. COLONEL RALPH K. STRASSMAN, United States Army and Vice-President, Ward Wheelock Company
Delivered to the Ninth Annual Industrial Conference, held at Lancaster, Pa., December 7, 1940
PROBLEMS THAT FACE ALL MANKIND
By DR. MONROE E. DEUTSCH, Vice-President and Provost of the University of California
Delivered at the Institute of World Affairs, Riverside, California, December 8, 1940
THE EARTH WAS NOT DISTRIBUTED BY PROVIDENCE
By ADOLF HITLER, Reichsfuehrer of Germany
Delivered to Arms Workers in Berlin, December 10, 1940
(Extracts available in the United States)
Britain Attacks in the Western Desert
A Statement to the House of Commons
December 10, 1940
Winston S. Churchill
THE SITUATION CONCERNS YOU ALMOST AS MUCH AS IT CONCERNS US
By MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN, Late British Ambassador to the United States
Read for him at the annual dinner of the Farm Bureau Federation, at Baltimore, Md., December 11, 1940
By WINTHROP W. ALDRICH, Chairman Board of Directors, The Chase National Bank of the City of New York
Delivered at a Luncheon Meeting of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, Boston, Massachusetts, December 12, 1940
The Gigantic Task America Faces
ITS ARMAMENT PROGRAM CONSIDERED
By OTTO D. TOLISCHUS, Former Berlin Correspondent of the N. Y. Times
Delivered before Detroit Automobile Manufacturers at the Recess Club, Detroit, December 12, 1940
THERE IS NO LIBERTY WITHOUT SECURITY
By ANDRE MAUROIS, French Author
Delivered at the 45th Annual Convention of the National Association of Manufacturers, Waldorf-Astoria, N. Y., December 12, 1940
Preserving the Private Enterprise System!
FREE GOVERNMENT CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT IT
By J. HOWARD PEW, Vice-President, National Association of Manufacturers and President, Sun Oil Company
Delivered at the National Association of Manufacturers 45th Annual Congress of American Industry, New York,December 12, 1940
INDUSTRY CANNOT BE CONSCRIPTED UNLESS TOTALITARIANISM PREVAILS
By PAUL G. HOFFMAN, President, The Studebaker Corporation
Delivered before the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, Des Moines, Iowa on December 13, 1940
SELF-PRESERVATION THROUGH SELF-DISCIPLINE
By DR. WILL DURANT, Author of "The Story of Philosophy" and other books
Delivered at the Annual Dinner of the National Association of Manufacturers and 45th Congress of American Industry,December 13, 1940
By F. C. CRAWFORD, President, Thompson Products Company
Delivered at the National Association of Manufacturers 45th Annual Convention, Waldorf-Astoria, N. Y.,December 13, 1940
A SPEECH TO THE BOYS OF HARROW
DECEMBER 18, 1940
Winston S. Churchill
LONDON, 20 DECEMBER 1940
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WE ARE THE ULTIMATE HOPE AND SANCTUARY OF HUMAN LIBERTY
By HERBERT HOOVER, Ex-President of the United States
Delivered before the Pennsylvania Society of New York, December 21, 1940
LONDON, 23 DECEMBER 1940
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DEMOCRACY IS NOT A GRATUITY; IT IS A CONQUEST
By GEORGE BARTON CUTTEN, President of Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y.
Presented on "America's Town Meeting of the Air," from Miami, Florida, Dec. 26, 1940
What Type of Physical Fitness for America?
THE WORTH OF THE STATE DEPENDS ON ITS CITIZENS
By ALEXIS CARREL, M.D., Director of the Rockefeller Institute
Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Syracuse, N. Y., December 26, 1940
MORE WORDS ON HOW TO KEEP NEW YEAR'S DAY
LONDON, 28 DECEMBER 1940
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WE HAVE EVERY GOOD REASON FOR HOPE
By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Delivered over the radio from Washington, D. C., December 29, 1940
A SWEEPING INDICTMENT OF MODERN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
By WALTER LIPPMANN, Journalist
Under the auspices of Phi Beta Kappa at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, December 29, 1940
By EDMUND EZRA DAY, President of Cornell University
The Phi Kappa Phi Address before the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the Annual Meeting inPhiladelphia on December 30, 1940
DON'T SURRENDER OUR INDEPENDENCE TO WAR-MONGERS AND INTERVENTIONISTS
By BURTON S. WHEELER, U. S. Senator from Montana
Delivered over the radio, December 31, 1940
'ON THE FIRST OF JANUARY HOPE WILL BE BORN'
LONDON, 31 DECEMBER 1940
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