1941 Documents relating to World War II


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United States Department of State Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, Japan: 1931-1941: Volume I (1931-1941)

United States Department of State Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, Japan: 1931-1941 (in two volumes): Volume II (1931-1941)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1941. General, The Soviet Union: Volume I (1941)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1941. Europe: Volume II (1941)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1941. The British Commonwealth; the Near East and Africa: Volume III (1941)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1941. The Far East: Volume IV (1941)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1941. The Far East: Volume V (1941)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1941. The American Republics: Volume VI (1941)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1941. The American Republics: Volume VII (1941)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States. The Conferences at Washington, 1941-1942, and Casablanca, 1943 (1941-1943)


Message to Congress

THE STATE OF THE UNION

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Delivered to the 77th Congress, January 6, 1941


The Doctrine of Fear

NOBODY GAVE US OUR LIBERTY

By PHILIP M. LaFOLLETTE, former Governor of Wisconsin

Delivered over a nation-wide hookup of the National Broadcasting Company, January 6, 1941


A Warning on Isolation

AMERICA CANNOT REMOVE ITSELF FROM THE WORLD

By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Republican Candidate for President in 1940

Delivered January 8, 1941 before the Women's National Republican Club, Hotel Astor, New York


Our Days

THEY WILL BE WHAT WE MAKE THEM

By CARL A. HATCH, U. S. Senator from New Mexico

Before the New York Board of Trade January 8, 1941


What Our Foreign Policy Should Be

A ROAD FULL OF DANGEROUS HAZARDS

By ALFRED M. LANDON, Former Presidential Candidate

At the Alexander Hamilton Club Banquet, Tulsa, Oklahoma, January 11, 1941


The Defense of the United States

SPEED IS OUR GREATEST NEED TODAY

By CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State of the United States

Made before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, January 15, 1941


By Aiding Britain, We Aid Ourselves

OUR OWN DEMOCRACY IS THREATENED

By JAMES F. BYRNES, United States Senator from South Carolina

Over the Columbia Broadcasting System on January 17, 1941


Pass the Lease-Lend Bill

WE MUST HELP GREAT BRITAIN

By TOM CONNALLY, U. S. Senator from Texas

Delivered over National Broadcasting Company Hook-up, February 17, 1941


Behind the Scenes in Fighting Europe

WE MUST LEAD IN BUILDING THE NEW WORLD

By OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD, Journalist

Delivered at the Detroit Town Hall Forum, January 17, 1941


My Views on Our Foreign Policy

WE OUGHT TO STAY OUT OF THE WAR

By JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, Ambassador to Great Britain

Delivered over the radio, January 18, 1941


Inaugural Address

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Delivered January 20, 1941 at Washington, D. C.


Government Relations to Business

UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN CAST ASIDE

By E. G. NOURSE, Director, Institute of Economics, The Brookings Institution

Delivered at the Institute of the American Council of Public Relations, January 20-24, 1941


Public Schools and Religious Education

THE CHILD IS NOT THE MERE CREATURE OF THE STATE

By CHARLES H. TUTTLE, former United States District Attorney and a Member of theGreater New York Interfaith Committee

Delivered over Radio Station, January 21, 1941


The Rebirth of Democracy

THE GROWING UNIFICATION OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING WORLD

By THOMAS MANN, Author

Delivered at Federal Union Dinner, New York City, January 22, 1941


Our Air Defense

I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS ANY DANGER OF INVASION

By COLONEL CHARLES A. LINDBERGH

Delivered before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, January 23, 1941


The Path to War

WE ARE DRIFTING INTO SUICIDE

By DR. ROBERT M. HUTCHINS, President of the University of Chicago

Delivered over the radio, January 23, 1941


Academic Freedom and Freedom of the Press

THE ULTIMATE TEST IS THE USE MADE OF LIBERTY

By HARRY WOODBURN CHASE, Chancellor of New York University

Delivered at Luncheon of the American College Publicity Association held at the Faculty Club, New York University, January 25, 1941


The Struggle Inside Japan

ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR AMERICA

By JAMES R. YOUNG, for Ten Years Far Eastern Manager of the International News Service; Former Manager of the Japan Advertiser

Delivered before the Chicago Council of Foreign Relations, Palmer House, Chicago, Ill., January 25, 1941


Efficient Democracy

WE MUST ADMIT THAT WE ARE INCOMPETENT IN SOME THINGS

By W. J. CAMERON, of the Ford Motor Company

A Series broadcast over the Nation-Wide Network of the Columbia Broadcasting System from Detroit, January 26, 1941


The Defense of the Republic

WE CANNOT FOREVER BE THE DARLING OF THE GODS

By THOMAS W. LAMONT, Banker

Delivered at the Luncheon Meeting before the Merchants' Association of New York Hotel Astor—New York, January 28, 1941


Total Security

—A CHALLENGE

By CHARLES E. WILSON, President of the General Electric Co.

Delivered before the Midwinter Convention of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Phila. Pa., January 29, 1941


TO PROMOTE THE DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 30, 1941.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. Bloom, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 1776 ("Lend-Lease" Bill.]


The United States and the World Crisis

THEIR VICTORY IS OUR SECURITY

By SUMNER WELLES, Under Secretary of State

Delivered at the Annual Dinner of the Alumni Association of the New York University School of Law, at the Hotel Biltmore in New York City, January 30, 1941


Germany's Present Position

WE WILL WREST THE VICTORY

By ADOLF HITLER, Reichsfuehrer

Delivered over the radio from the Sportpalast in Berlin, January 30, 1941

[Excerpts Radioed to America]


A Teacher Speaks on Patriotism

WE DON'T HAVE TO HATE OTHER PEOPLES

By HECTOR L. BELISLE, Superintendent of Schools, Fall River, Massachusetts

Given the opening week of school to the teachers whom he has been leading for twenty-seven years


What America Expects of Today's Youth

THERE CAN BE NO COMPROMISE BETWEEN SELF-INDULGENCE AND SELF-PRESERVATION

By ADMIRAL HAROLD R. STARK, U. S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations In Honor of The Ninety-Fifth Anniversary of Charter Day of Bucknell University

Delivered over Mutual Broadcasting System Network, February 5, 1941


We Are Not Prepared for War

OUR DANGERS ARE HERE AT HOME

By COL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH

Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, February 6, 1941


Let Us Keep Out of Foreign Wars

KILL THE LEASE-LEND BILL

By ARTHUR CAPPER, U. S. Senator from Kansas

Delivered over the Radio, February 7, 1941


How Strong Is America?

WE ARE FACING OUR PROBLEMS IN A FRIVOLOUS SPIRIT

By MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYSER, Economic Commentator for International News Service and the Hearst newspapers and author of "Financial Security in a Changing World"

Delivered over Station WABC and the Columbia Broadcasting System, February 7, 1941


The Tide is Turning

GIVE US THE TOOLS AND WE WILL FINISH THE JOB

By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Prime Minister of Great Britain

Delivered over the radio from London, England, February 9, 1941


Why They Came

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WAS THEIR GOAL

By W. J. CAMERON, Ford Motor Co.

A Talk Given on the Ford Sunday Evening Hour, February 9, 1941


National Self-Preservation

IT WOULD BE STUPID FOR US TO GO TO WAR

By HARRY WOODBURN CHASE, Chancellor N. Y. University

Delivered at the Dinner Meeting of the Economic Club of New York, February 10, 1941


University Ideals and Democracy

THEIR FAILURE HAS BEEN PRIMARILY MORAL

By CHARLES SEYMOUR, President of Yale University

Delivered at Yale University at a meeting on "The Universities and National Defense", February 11, 1941


The Challenge of Newer Days

HAVE YOU GOT IT IN YOU?

By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Former Presidential Candidate

Delivered at Lincoln Day Dinner held in New York City, February 12, 1941


How Are We Going to Pay for Defense?

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF MARKED INFLATION

By DR. MABEL NEWCOMER, Professor of Economics at Vassar College

Presented before Alumni Federation of Columbia University, February 12, 1941


The Far East Situation

A STRONG POLICY NEEDED

By PAUL V. McNUTT, Federal Security Administrator and former Governor of the Philippine Islands

A Radio Address on the American Forum of the Air, broadcast over a nation-wide hookup through the facilities of the Mutual Broadcasting Company, Washington, D, C., February 16, 1941


The Far East Situation

JAPAN WANTS NO WAR WITH US

By COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Delivered on the American Forum of the Air from Washington, D. C., February 16, 1941


What Price Democracy?

THE FUTURE IS HIDDEN BEHIND THE CLOUDS

By MONROE E. DEUTSCH, Vice-President and Provost of the University of California

Delivered before the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California, February 18, 1941


Our Heavy Responsibilities to the Nation

WE MUST NOT RETREAT

By FRANK KNOX, Secretary of the Navy

Delivered at the St. Louis Conference of the United States Conference of Mayors, at St. Louis, Mo., February 20, 1941


Peace and Power Politics 1941

A BOLD ATTITUDE IS ADMIRABLE, A BOMBASTIC ONE IS DANGEROUS

By DR. ISAIAH BOWMAN, President of The Johns Hopkins University

Delivered at Atlantic City Meeting of the American Association of School Administrators, February 24, 1941


Brotherhood

THE WAY TO LIVE AS NEIGHBORS

By HAROLD E. STASSEN, Governor of Minnesota

Delivered at the Community Brotherhood Mass Meeting, February 27, 1941


Hitler's Moves in the Balkans

THE DENTIST'S CHAIR IS BETTER THAN THE DENTIST'S WAITING ROOM

By VERNON BARTLETT, member of Parliament of Great Britain

Delivered over British Broadcasting System, February 28, 1941


These Emergency Hours

THE WORRIES OF THE BANKER AND BUSINESSMAN

By W. RANDOLPH BURGESS, Vice-Chairman of the Board, The National City Bank of New York

Delivered before the American Bankers Association, Eastern Regional Conference on Savings and Commercial Banking,Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, March 1, 1941


The War and America

THIS WAR IS BORN OF ECONOMIC CAUSES

By W. H. SCHUBART, Vice-President of Bank of the Manhattan Company New York, March 5, 1941


Address to Farmers

WE CANNOT BE AN ISLAND

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Delivered over the radio to those attending anniversary farm dinners to commemorate the eighth year of the New Deal Agricultural Program, March 8, 1941


Government in Time of War

WE MUST BE VIGILANT TO PRESERVE THE FUNDAMENTAL GUARANTEES

By ROSCOE POUND, Former Dean of Harvard Law School

Delivered at Boston University Founders' Day Legal Panel on March 12, 1941


Aid to the Democracies

OUR COUNTRY IS GOING TO PLAY ITS PART

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Delivered at the dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association, Washington, D. C., March 15, 1941


Our America Tomorrow

CAN WE RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO GET SOMETHING FOR NOTHING

By KARL T. COMPTON, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Metropolitan Opera House Broadcast, over NBC Chain, March 15, 1941


We Will End This Battle Victoriously

NO POWER CAN CHANGE THE OUTCOME

By ADOLF HITLER, Chancellor of Germany

Delivered at memorial service held in Berlin, March 16, 1941


Liberty Follows the Fashions

THERE MUST BE A NEW BATTLE

By REV. FRANK S. MEAD, Associate Editor of Christian Herald

Over Station EMBC, March 16, 1941


The Deserter

WHERE THE HEART IS, THERE THE TREASURE IS

By W. J. CAMERON, of Ford Motor Co.

A talk given on the Ford Sunday Evening Hour, March 16, 1941


We Are No Longer Alone

WE NOW SHALL SURELY OVERCOME THE ENEMY

By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Prime Minister of Great Britain

Delivered to the Pilgrims, at the dinner tendered to the new United States Ambassador, John G. Winant, London, March 18, 1941


We Will Help You Hold the Line

THERE IS NO ORDER NOR SECURITY IN TYRANNY

By JOHN G. WINANT, United States Ambassador to Great Britain

Delivered at the Pilgrims' dinner in London, England, given in his honor, March 18, 1941


Unity for Peace

THE KEY TO EUROPE'S FAILURES

By BURTON K. WHEELER, U. S. Senator from Montana

Delivered in the Senate, March 20, 1941


Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Waterway Project

A MAGNIFICENT UNDERTAKING IN A GREAT TIME

By A. A. BERLE, Assistant Secretary of State

Broadcast over Station WMAL, National Broadcasting Co., Washington, March 22, 1941


Address to Canadians

DEMOCRACY TO LIVE MUST BE EXPANDING

By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Presidential Candidate of the Republican Party in 1940

Delivered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 24, 1941


War Aims of Great Britain

THE WORLD MUST BE TREATED IN THE FUTURE AS A SINGLE WHOLE

By VISCOUNT HALIFAX, British Ambassador to the United States

Delivered to the Pilgrims at the Hotel Waldorf Astoria, March 25, 1941


What Are We Up Against?

THERE IS A MORAL FORCE IN WARS

By COLONEL WILLIAM J. DONOVAN, Attorney, Former Commander of the 165th Infantry, (the Old 69th N. Y. Regiment in the World War), and former Asst. Attorney General of the United States

Broadcast over the National Broadcasting Company, the Columbia Broadcasting System and the Mutual BroadcastingSystem, March 26, 1941


The Taxpayer and the Government Revenues

DIGGING DOWN DEEPER AND DEEPER

By MARK EISNER, member of the New York Bar, and former Chairman of the Board of Higher Education of the City of New York

Delivered March 26, 1941, in the University of the Air Series over the facilities of Radio Station WEVD


Production and Patriotism

WE WANT TO KEEP OUR AMERICA

By WHEELER McMILLEN, President, National Farm Chemurgic Council, and Editor-in-Chief, Farm Journal and Farmer's Wife

An address delivered before the Seventh Annual Chemurgic Conference, Hotel Stevens, Chicago, Illinois, March 26, 1941


Lost: Labor's Love

THE PRICE OF INDUSTRIAL PEACE

By DR. ROBERT RIENOW, Professor of Political Science, N. Y. State College for Teachers, Albany, N. Y.

Delivered during the WGY Farm Paper of the Air—a week-day, noon-time broadcast from WGY, Schenectady, N. Y., March 26, 1941


The Legal Basis of Our Defense Course

WE ARE CREATING IMPORTANT PRECEDENTS

By ROBERT H. JACKSON, Attorney General of the United States

Delivered before the Inter-American Bar Association, Washington, D. C., March 27, 1941


The Question of Peace

WE MAY YET KEEP THE LAMP OF LIBERTY ALIGHT

By HERBERT HOOVER, Former President of the United States

Delivered March 28, 1941


A Threat to Our Nation

WE ARE ANSWERING IT BY DEEDS

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Delivered over radio to the Jackson Day diners throughout the nation, March 29, 1941


Familism in a Military Society

FORCE REQUIRES DUTY AND MEN

By CARLE C. ZIMMERMAN, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University

Talk delivered to the New York State Conference on Marriage and The Family at Hotel Roosevelt, New York City, March 29, 1941


Two Horizons

WE MUST CREATE A FULLY ORGANIZED WORLD SOCIETY

By DR. F. CYRIL JAMES, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University

Delivered at the Western Hemisphere Luncheon given under the auspices of Survey Associates in New York City, March 29, 1941


The Proposition Is Peace

THE PATH TO WAR IS A FALSE PATH TO FREEDOM

By ROBERT M. HUTCHINS, President, University of Chicago

Delivered in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Chicago, Ill., March 30, 1941


We Should Convoy Materials to Europe

WE PROPOSE TO SURVIVE

By MAJOR GENERAL JOHN F. O'RYAN, Lawyer and Wartime Commander of the 27th Division, A.E.F.

Delivered on the American Forum of the Air, from Washington, D. C., March 30, 1941


We Should Not Convoy Materials to Europe

CONVOYS MEAN SHOOTING AND SHOOTING MEANS WAR

By HAMILTON FISH, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Congress

Delivered on the American Forum of the Air, from Washington, D. C., March 30, 1941


The Country Needs a Strong Opposition Party

WE MUST PRESERVE THE AMERICAN WAY OF CONSIDERATION

By JOSEPH W. MARTIN, JR., Republican Leader of the House and Chairman of the Republican National Committee

Delivered over the Columbia Broadcasting System, April 3, 1941


The St. Lawrence Seaway

A CHALLENGE TO EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN

By JAMES E. VAN ZANDT, Member of Congress, 23rd District of Pennsylvania

Delivered over the National Broadcasting Company Red Network, April 3, 1941


The Protection of Our Homes and Our Shores

WE HAVEN'T GOT MUCH TIME

By WILLIAM S. KNUDSEN, Director-General Office of Production Management

Before the Military Order, Veterans of Foreign Wars, delivered on Army Day, April 5, 1941 at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York


Review of the War

EVERYTHING TURNS UPON THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC

By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Prime Minister of Great Britain

Delivered before the House of Commons, London, April 9, 1941


Democracy and Economic Life in The United States

THERE IS NO SAFETY FOR THE COUNTRY IF THE POLITICIANS "PLAY SAFE"

By BENJAMIN M. ANDERSON, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of California at Los Angeles

Delivered before the University of California at Los Angeles, April 14, 1941


The Task We Have Undertaken

THE GENERAL PICTURE OF OUR PREPARATION FOR WAR

By HENRY L. STIMSON, Secretary of War

Delivered before the Senate Committee, April 15, 1941


Tremendous Issues Are Being Decided

NONE OF US NEED FEAR FOR THE TRIUMPH OF OUR CAUSE

By VISCOUNT HALIFAX, British Ambassador to the United States

Delivered before the English Speaking Union, New York, April 15, 1941


How Free Is The American Press

KEEPING THE NEWS LINES OPEN

By CARL W. ACKERMAN, Dean, School of Journalism, Columbia University

Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Washington, D. C., April 18, 1941


The Press and the War

WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PREPARE OURSELVES

By JESSE JONES, Secretary of Commerce

Delivered before the Annual Meeting of The Associated Press, New York, April 21, 1941


Life Insurance and the Democratic State

THE WARNING SIGNALS ARE UP

By M. ALBERT LINTON, President, Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia

The Barbara Weinstock Lecture on the Morals of Trade, delivered at the University of California, Berkeley, April 22, 1941


Freedom For What?

PRESERVE A FREE PRESS AND YOU SAVE AMERICA

By WALTER D. FULLER, President of The Curtis Publishing Company and President of the National Association of Manufacturers

Delivered before the National Editorial Association, Jacksonville, Florida, April 22, 1941


We Cannot Win This War for England

WE ARE WEAKENING OUR DEFENSE POSITION

By COL. CHAS. A. LINDBERGH

Delivered at the meeting of the America First Committee, New York, April 23, 1941


The Surrender of Lake Michigan

DANGEROUS TO OUR FUTURE

By WALTER C. PLOESER, Congressman from Missouri

Delivered on the floor of the House on the St. Lawrence Seaway Proposal, April 25, 1941


Our Western Front

TO HELP THE CHINESE IS TO HELP OURSELVES

By WILLIAM C. BULLITT, United States Ambassador to France

Delivered at Constitution Hall, Washington, D. C., April 27, 1941


Can We Prevent Inflation?

ONLY A SPARK IS NEEDED TO START IT

By NOEL SARGENT, Secretary, National Association of Manufacturers

Delivered over American Forum of the Air Program, April 27, 1941


The Shape of Things to Come

THE EPIC OF AMERICA

By H. W. PRENTIS, JR., President, Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, Pa., Chairman of the Board, National Association of Manufacturers

Delivered before Regional Meeting of National Association of Manufacturers, Philadelphia, Pa., April 28, 1941


American Business Looks Ahead

MANY TIMES WE HAVE FACED AND SOLVED PROBLEMS OF GREATER IMPORT

By JAMES S. KEMPER, Past President, Chamber of Commerce of the United States

Delivered Before the Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting, April 28, 1941


Naval Aid to England

IT WOULD BE MORE HONORABLE TO DECLARE WAR

By REAR ADMIRAL YATES STIRLING, JR.

Delivered before the Kiwanis Club of New York, April 30, 1941


Paying For Defense

STEPS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN

By MARRINER S. ECCLES, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Delivered at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United Statesat Washington, D. C., May 1, 1941


Our New Navy

WE MUST FIGHT FOR OUR WAY OF LIFE

By ADOLPHUS ANDREWS, Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy

Delivered at the 173rd Annual Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, May 1, 1941


Bureaucratic Confusion at Washington

FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY ABROAD WHILE IT WILTS AT HOME

By ROBERT A. TAFT, U. S. Senator from Ohio

Broadcast made May 2, 1941


Foreign Trade—Two Opposing Systems

WE MUST REPUDIATE FALSE ECONOMIC PRACTICES

By RAYMOND H. GEIST, Chief of the Division of Commercial Affairs, Department of State

Delivered at the 13th Annual Dinner of the Foreign Trade Club of New York University, Held Jointly With Delta Phi Epsilon, National Foreign Service Fraternity, New York, N. Y., May 2, 1941


The Power of Spiritual Force

DEMOCRACY CANNOT SURVIVE IN ISOLATION

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Delivered at the birthplace of Woodrow Wilson at Staunton, Va., May 4, 1941


When Shall America Fight

THE HOUR FOR ACTION IS AT HAND

By JAMES B. CONANT, President of Harvard University

Given on a nation-wide Columbia hook-up from WEEI in Boston, May 4, 1941


The War on Hitler

HOW FAR SHALL WE GO?

Two viewpoints expressed over the American Forum of the Air, from Washington, D. C., May 4, 1941

By STANLEY HIGH, Author and Lecturer


Defend Our Seas With Our Navy

FREEDOM CANNOT BE SAVED WITHOUT SACRIFICE

By HENRY L. STIMSON, Secretary of War

Over radio from Washington, May 6, 1941


This Is Our Critical Hour

WE ARE BEING BLITZKRIEGED INTO WAR

By GERALD P. NYE, U. S. Senator from North Dakota

Over radio from Washington, May 7, 1941


The Cause of Human Freedom

WE CANNOT APPEASE THE FORCES OF EVIL

By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Candidate of the Republican Party for President in 1940

Delivered at Madison Square Garden, New York, May 7, 1941


We Will Win the Last Battle

OUR ANCIENT BUILDINGS ARE AS NOTHING COMPARED TO SPIRITUAL THINGS

By LORD HALIFAX, British Ambassador to the United States

Delivered before the Minneapolis Rotary Club at the Hotel Nicollet, Minneapolis, Minn., May 9, 1941


What Next for America in Government?

IT'S NO TIME TO LOSE COURAGE

By GEORGE D. AIKEN, U. S. Senator from Vermont

Delivered at National Town Hall Conference, Hotel Astor, N. Y., May 9, 1941


What Next for America-In Industry?

IDEALS ARE LIKE STARS

By HENRY I. HARRIMAN, Industrialist

Delivered before the First National Town Hall Conference at the Hotel Astor, May 9, 1941


We Are Not Prepared for War

WE CAN HELP ENGLAND BETTER BY STAYING OUT

By HERBERT HOOVER, former President of the United States

Delivered over the Radio, May 11, 1941


Capital and Labor

THERE SHOULD BE A MORATORIUM ON INDUSTRIAL STRIFE

By A. W. HAWKES, President, Chamber of Commerce of the United States

Delivered before the Chamber of Commerce of Montclair, N. and the Chamber of Commerce andCivics of the Oranges and Maplewood, N. J., May 12, 1941


Aid to Britain Will Be Delivered

WE WILL NOT PERMIT OUR PURPOSE TO BE FRUSTRATED

By CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State

Delivered over radio from Washington, D. C., May 18, 1941


Let Us Pull Together Again

OUR SECURITY DOES NOT DEPEND ON AN ENGLISH VICTORY

By ALF M. LANDON, Presidential Candidate in 1936

Delivered over the Columbia Network in Topeka, May 18, 1941


Aviation vs. Isolationism

OUR SAFETY DEPENDS ON AIR POWER

By MAJOR ALEXANDER P. de SEVERSKY, Famous Aviator and Designer of Planes

Delivered at Federal Union Dinner, Yale Club, May 20, 1941


Election Promises Should Be Kept

WE LACK LEADERSHIP THAT PLACES AMERICA FIRST

By CHARLES A. LINDBERGH

Delivered at Madison Square Garden, New York, Rally Under the Auspices of the America First Committee, May 23, 1941


The American People Want No War

WE MUST ACT NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

By BURTON K. WHEELER, U. S. Senator from Montana

Delivered at a Rally at Madison Square Garden, New York, May 23, 1941,Under the Auspices of the America First Committee


A State of Emergency Exists

BRITAIN MUST RECEIVE ARMS

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Delivered over a chain of radio stations from the White House, May 27, 1941


Proclamation of Emergency

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Issued at Washington, D. C., May 27, 1941


The Masquerade Is Over

THE COUNTRY REELS AND STAGGERS

By HIRAM W. JOHNSON, U. S. Senator from California

Delivered over National Broadcasting System, May 31, 1941


Wealthy Americans

EACH IS WORTH A KING'S RANSOM

By MAJOR A. G. RUDD, Vice-Commander, William Bradford Turner Post 265, American Legion

A Memorial Day Address at the Garden City High School, New York


The Social Structure

THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHT CANNOT IN ANY WAY BE SUPPRESSED

By POPE PIUS XII

Broadcast from Rome, June 1, 1941


The Decline of Patriotism

DEMOCRACY HAS IN ITSELF NO INHERENT GUARANTEE OF FREEDOM

By RIGHT REV. MSGR. FULTON J. SHEEN, of the Catholic University, Washington, D. C.

Baccalaureate Sermon Delivered at the 97th Annual Commencement Exercises at the University of Notre Dame, June 1, 1941


Peace, Power and Education

WE MUST HAVE A WORLD OF COMMON RESPONSIBILITIES

By RAYMOND GRAM SWING, Radio Commentator

Delivered at the 74th Commencement of Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, June 2, 1941


On Our Way, Where?

WE FIND A FATALISTIC ACCEPTANCE OF THE INEVITABLE

By ALF. M. LANDON, Presidential Candidate in 1936

At the Commencement Exercises of Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, June 2, 1941


Composition and Assimilation of Our Foreign Population

THEIR APPALLING ILLITERACY PRESENTS A GREAT PROBLEM

By MARSHALL E. DIMOCK, Immigration and Naturalization Service, U. S. Department of Justice

Delivered at the Annual Conference of Social Work, Ambassador Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J., June 2, 1941


Speeding Toward Destruction

A NATIONAL SPENDING SPREE THAT MEANS RUIN

By WESLEY E. DISNEY, Congressman from Oklahoma, Member, House Ways and Means Committee

Delivered before the Tax Foundation, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, June 3, 1941


The World Awaits Another Waterloo

OUR FAITH IN THE MORAL IDEAL MUST NOT WEAKEN

By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President, Columbia University

Delivered at the 187th Commencement of Columbia University June 3, 1941


Oil for the Lamps of Freedom

NEITHER DEMOCRACY NOR CHRISTIANITY HAS YET FAILED

By KIRTLEY F. MATHER, of the Department of Geology and Geography, Harvard University

Phi Beta Kappa Address, Franklin and Marshall College, June 3, 1941


Our Faith in the Union

LET US NOT BE DIVIDED

By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Presidential Candidate in 1940 of the Republican Party

Over radio from New York, June 6, 1941


The New Wilderness

THIS IS A HARD WORLD

By GEORGE V. DENNY, JR., President, The Town Hall, Inc.

Delivered at Commencement Exercises at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., June 6, 1941


New Times Which Try Men's Souls

WE ARE NOT GREATLY INTERESTED IN GLORY

By DR. DIXON RYAN FOX, President of Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.

At the Baccalaureate Exercises, as part of the 146th Commencement of Union College, June 8, 1941


Faith in Ourselves

WE ARE NOW NEARING THE FATEFUL HOUR

By JAMES M. COX, Former Governor of Ohio

Delivered at Commencement Exercises, Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, June 9, 1941


Dark Hours in Our History

FREEDOM IS A GREAT WORD NOWADAYS

By ROBERT M. HUTCHINS, President of the University of Chicago

Convocation Address, June 10, 1941


The Shape of Things to Come

AT EVENING TIME IT SHALL BE LIGHT

By H. W. PRENTIS, JR., Chairman of the Board, National Association of Manufacturers

Commencement Address at Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pa., June 10, 1941


Civilization Was a Beautiful Thing

WHAT WILL REPLACE IT?

By Very Rev. ROBERT I. GANNON, S.J., President of Fordham University

Delivered at the Fordham University Commencement, June 11, 1941


Advice to Young Men Entering Business

THE DEMAND FOR BRAINS IS CONSTANTLY INCREASING

By MAJOR FREDERICK W. NICHOL, Vice President and General Manager of International Business Machines Corporation

Delivered at Commencement Exercises of Babson Institute, Babson Park, Wellesley Hills, Mass., June 14, 1941


The Time Is Ripe for Revolt

WE LIVE AMIDST THE RUBBLE OF THE NIHILISTS

By JAMES B. CONANT, President of Harvard University

Baccalaureate address delivered to graduating class, June 15, 1941


We Shall Defend Our Ideals

THE KIND OF LOYALTY NECESSARY

By CHARLES SEYMOUR, President of Yale University

Baccalaureate Address, June 15, 1941


The Ultimate Fountain of Courage

TOGETHER WE CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS

By DR. HAROLD W. DODDS, President of Princeton University

Delivered at the Baccalaureate Service in the Princeton University Chapel, June 15, 1941


Milestones

WE ARE IMMATURE, BUT WE ARE ON OUR WAY

By RAY LYMAN WILBUR, President of Stanford University

Commencement Address, Stanford University, June 15, 1941


The Birth Throes of a Sublime Resolve (‘The Old Lion’)

Winston Churchill.

June 16, 1941


The Worth of Our Past

CIVILIZATION OUR BUSINESS

By FELIX FRANKFURTER, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Commencement address at Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass., June 18, 1941


The Purpose of a University

THE MEANING OF FREEDOM

By LORD HALIFAX, British Ambassador to the United States

Delivered at the Harvard Alumni luncheon, Cambridge, Mass., June 19, 1941


The Sinking of the Robin Moor

WE DO NOT PROPOSE TO YIELD

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Message to Congress, June 20, 1941


We Must Turn to the Needs of War

BLESSINGS MUST BE EARNED

By ROBERT G. SPROUL, President, University of California

Delivered at Stanford University's Fiftieth Anniversary, June 20, 1941


The Safeguarding of Europe

IT IS NECESSARY FOR US TO DESTROY BOLSHEVISM

By ADOLF HITLER, Reichsfuehrer of Germany

Proclamation issued in Berlin, June 22, 1941


The New War

THE INVASION OF RUSSIA

By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Prime Minister of Great Britain

Broadcast from London, June 22, 1941


Russia and the Four Freedoms

THE RUSSIAN WAR HAS WEAKENED EVERY ARGUMENT FOR INTERVENTION

By ROBERT A. TAFT, U. S. Senator from Ohio

Over the Columbia Broadcasting System, June 25, 1941


Shadows of State Socialism

THERE IS NO SOCIAL GAIN EXCEPT FREEDOM

By MALCOLM MUIR, President and Publisher of Newsweek; formerly President, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.

Delivered at the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 27, 1941


Our Spiritual Defense

THERE IS A MORAL FORCE IN WARS

By COLONEL WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

Over the Network of the Columbia Broadcasting System, Saturday, June 28, 1941

Under Auspices of the Laymen's National Committee


The Right to Work

WE ARE NOW IN THE HANDS OF A SUPER-GOVERNMENT OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS

By EARL HARDING, Member, Public Relations Committee, National Association of Manufacturers

Delivered before the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, June 28, 1941


A Call to Reason

SHALL WE STUMBLE ON TO THE NIGHT OF CHAOS?

By HERBERT HOOVER, Former President of the United States

Delivered over N.B.C., June 29, 1941


Academic Freedom

BRINGING ORDER OUT OF CHAOS

By DANIEL L. MARSH, President of Boston University

Address to the National Council of Education, Boston, June 29, 1941


Clear the Atlantic of the German Menace

WE CAN WAIT NO LONGER

By FRANK KNOX, Secretary of the Navy

At Dinner given by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company to the Governors' Conference at Fore River, Massachusetts on June 30, 1941


The Unsung Virtue of Tolerance

IT IS VERY EASY TO SEE FANATICISM IN OTHER PEOPLE

By E. M. FORSTER, English Journalist and Commentator

Delivered over radio of British Broadcasting System, July, 1941


Creative and Defensive Science

THE SCIENTIFIC WAY IS THE DEMOCRATIC WAY

By WATSON DAVIS, Director of Science Service, Washington, D. C. Before the Department of Science Instruction, National Education Association, Hotel Somerset, Boston, Mass.

Tuesday, July 1, 1941


STATEMENT OF FOREIGN MINISTER, YOSUKE MATSUOKA, ON THE WORLD STATE OF EMERGENCY

July 2, 1941

United States Policy in the Pacific
WE NEED NO APPEASEMENT IN THE PACIFIC
By ROBERT AURA SMITH, Cable Desk, The New York Times; formerly News Editor, The Manila Daily Bulletin, Far Eastern Correspondent, The New York Times; Author, Your Foreign Policy, Our Future in Asia, etc.
Delivered at the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, July 2, 1941

Unity Against the Nazis
RUSSIA PRESENTS ITS CASE
By JOSEF STALIN, Premier
Radio address from Moscow, July 3, 1941

A Pledge to Country and to Flag
WE CANNOT SAVE FREEDOM WITH PITCHFORKS
By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
A Fourth of July Address Broadcast from Hyde Park, N. Y.

The Significance of Independence Day
THE MEANING OF AMERICAN LIBERTY
By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Presidential Candidate of the Republican Party in 1940
Broadcast July 4, 1941 from National Broadcasting System

Our Republic: It Must Be Preserved
NO SACRIFICE IS TOO GREAT
By JOSIAH W. BAILEY, United States Senator from North Carolina
Address at Asheville, Carried by C. B. S. Radio System, July 4, 1941

The Background of Youth

THE ATTITUDE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE

By ALAN P. GRIMES, A. B., University of North Carolina Recipient, Bryan Prize in Political Science

Delivered at the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, July 4, 1941


The Occupation of Iceland
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY DEMANDS IT
By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Message to Congress, July 7, 1941

CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S MESSAGE TO FRIENDLY NATIONS

July 7, 1941

A Common Basis and a Common Purpose

THINGS THAT MAKE LIFE WORTH LIVING

By JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.

Over Station WMGA, New York, July 8, 1941


PRIME MINISTER, WINSTON CHURCHILL IN HOUSE OF COMMONS ON U.S. TROOPS IN ICELAND

July 9, 1941

Labor Is Fair

IT IS ENTITLED TO ITS SHARE OF THE PROFITS

By SAMUEL A. WEISS, Member of Congress from Pennsylvania

Delivered in the House of Representatives, July 10, 1941


AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALISTIC REPUBLICS

Moscow, July 12, 1941

The Lessons of This War
THE APPALLING COST OF IGNORANCE
ROBERT R. McCORMACK, Publisher of the Chicago Tribune
Over Station WGN, from Chicago, July 12, 1941

As I See It
WE HAVE BUT ONE COURSE
By FRANK C. WALKER, Postmaster General of the United States
Delivered from Butte, Montana, July 12, 1941, over National Broadcasting System

When Night Prevails
IN TIME OF WAR PREPARE FOR PEACE
By THOMAS H. BRIGGS, of Teachers College, Columbia University
Delivered Before Inter-Divisional Conference at Columbia, July 14, 1941

The Navy Is Ready
IT HAS BEEN ORDERED INTO ACTION
By FRANK KNOX, Secretary of the Navy
Delivered before the American Legion in Convention, at Milwaukee, September 15, 1941

No A.E.F.
WE MUST NOT GO HUNTING FOR WAR
By GERALD P. NYE, U. S. Senator from North Dakota
Delivered from Washington, over N. B. C. Red Network, July 19, 1941

A Sad Revelation to the American People
THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY IS REAL
By ALF M. LANDON, Presidential Candidate of the Republican Party in 1936
Broadcast Over the Columbia Broadcasting System, July 20, 1941

PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON EXTENSION OF SELECTIVE SERVICE TERMS OF SERVICE

Washington, D. C., July 21, 1941

The Case Against Intervention
PLACE AMERICAN INTERESTS FIRST
By EDWARD H. REISNER, of Teachers College
Delivered at an Inter-divisional Conference held in conjunction with the Summer Session Courses at Columbia University, July 21, 1941

Pacifism—A Flight from Reality
THERE ARE SOME THINGS MORE SACRED THAN LIFE
By ALFRED GRANT WALTON, D.D., Pastor, Tompkins Ave. Congregational Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Delivered at a Conference of Congregational Churches and Ministers at Utica, N. Y. [~July 21, 1941]

United States Aid to Russia

NO MAN CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS

By HON. FREDERICK C. SMITH, Congressman from Ohio

Over Radio, July 23, 1941


ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE SUMNER WELLES' STATEMENT ON JAPANESE-FRENCH COLLABORATION IN INDOCHINA

July 24, 1941

Defense and the Far East

THE PEOPLE HAVE LITTLE IDEA OF WHAT MODERN WAR MEANS

By FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States

Delivered to the Members of the Volunteer Participation Committee, at Washington, D. C., July 24, 1941


Individual Adjustment to Crisis

ENORMOUS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES WILL FOLLOW THE WAR

By CHARLES MAXWELL McCONN, Dean, New York University

Delivered at the Summer session of the School of Education, New York University, July 24, 1941


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER FREEZING JAPANESE AND CHINESE ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES

Hyde Park, N. Y., July 25, 1941

AGREEMENT BETWEEN JAPAN AND FRANCE PLEDGING MILITARY CO-OPERATION IN DEFENSE OF INDO-CHINA

Tokyo, July 29, 1941

The British War Efforts

WE ARE GUARDING THE TREASURES OF MANKIND

By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Prime Minister of Great Britain

Delivered to the House of Commons in London, July 29, 1941


Is the Extension of the Draft Necessary?

LET US LOOK AT THE RECORD

By NORMAN THOMAS, Socialist Leader

Delivered over radio, July 29, 1941


POLISH-SOVIET UNION AGREEMENTS

Moscow, July 30, 1941

ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON PRICE CONTROL

July 30, 1941

China and the International Situation

ITS IMPORTANCE CANNOT BE OVERESTIMATED

By KING-CHAU MUI, Chinese Consul-General in Honolulu

Delivered over the radio from Hilo, Hawaii, July 30, 1941


STATEMENT BY JAPANESE BOARD OF INFORMATION ON "REINFORCING JAPANESE FORCES IN INDO-CHINA"

Tokyo, August 1, 1941

A Strong Opposition Is Needed
THE PROPER FUNCTIONS OF A MINORITY PARTY
By KARL MUNDT, Member of Congress from South Dakota
Delivered in the House of Representatives, August 1, 1941

War Propaganda
OUR MADNESS INCREASES AS OUR EMERGENCY SHRINKS
By GERALD P. NYE, U. S. Senator from North Dakota
Radio address, delivered in St. Louis, August 1, 1941

You Cannot Sign a Pact with Hitler

WE CAN ONLY FIGHT ON

By J. B. PRIESTLEY, English Writer and Commentator

Delivered over the British Broadcasting System, August, 1941


EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE SUMNER WELLES AND THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, CONSTANTINE A. OUMANSKY

August 2, 1941

Taxation and National Defense
WE MUST FAIRLY DISTRIBUTE THE BURDEN
By HENRY MORGENTHAU, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury
Made before the Senate Finance Committee, August 8, 1941

A Program for Peace
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE
By JOHN CUDAHY, Former U. S. Ambassador to Belgium
Delivered over radio August 10, 1941

To the Women of America!

OUR CAUSE TO FIGHT IS NO LESS YOURS

By QUEEN ELIZABETH of Great Britain

Broadcast over the N. B. C. system, August 10, 1941


MARSHAL PETAIN'S ADDRESS TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE

Vichy, France, August 12, 1941

The Magnitude of Our Responsibility

THE CONSTITUTION IS A LIVING THING

By WALLACE L. WARE, Former President of the California Railroad Commission

Delivered at the 23rd Annual Convention of the American Legion, Department of California, August 12, 1941


"THE ATLANTIC CHARTER," JOINT DECLARATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN

August 14, 1941

JOINT MESSAGE OF ASSISTANCE TO THE SOVIET UNION FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL

August 15, 1941

Address to Selectees
YOU WILL NOT FALTER—YOU CANNOT FAIL
By HENRY L. STIMSON, Secretary of War
Delivered over radio August 15, 1941

America at the Crossroads
THE FUTILITY OF WAR
By REV. JOHN A. O'BRIEN, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Delivered over the radio, August 18, 1941

An Examination of the Eight Points
WE MUST NOT COMMIT OURSELVES TO WAR
By HENRY NOBLE MacCRACKEN, President of Vassar College
Delivered before an America First Committee rally at Carnegie Hall, New York City, August 20, 1941

We Must Stand Behind the President
AMERICANS, WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER?
By RICHARD S. BYRD, Rear Admiral U. S. Navy
Delivered at Madison Square Garden, N. Y., August 20, 1941, at a meeting sponsored by the Council For Democracy

Our Greatest Danger

THE UNITED STATES AND THE RUSSO-GERMAN WAR

By FRANK MURPHY, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

Delivered before the Convention of the Knights of Columbus, at Atlantic City, August 20, 1941


PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON "THE ATLANTIC CHARTER"

August 21, 1941

PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST TO THE WORLD ABOUT THE MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

August 24, 1941

The Greatest Test in Our History

WILL DEMOCRACY AND FREE ENTERPRISE SURVIVE?

By J. MELBOURNE SHORTLIFFE, Professor of Economics, Colgate University

Radio Talk, W. G. Y., "Farm Forum", August 22, 1941


The World of Tomorrow

WE MUST HAVE A REVITALIZED REPUBLIC

By THOMAS E. DEWEY, District Attorney of New York County

Delivered in opening the 1941 Williamstown Institute of Human Relations at Williams College,Williamstown, Mass., August 24, 1941


STATEMENT ON SENDING OF A MILITARY MISSION TO CHINA

August 26, 1941

What About It?

WE'VE TAKEN OUR BLESSINGS FOR GRANTED

By DeWITT M. EMERY, President of National Small Businessmen's Association, Akron, Ohio

Broadcast over WGAR Cleveland and the Columbia Coast-to-Coast network, August 26, 1941


Liberty—Equality—Fraternity

WORLD LEADERSHIP NOW OFFERED TO AMERICA

By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President of Columbia University Delivered at the Parrish Memorial Art Museum, Southampton, Long Island, August 31, 1941


The Position of Labor Today

IT NOW BEARS A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Radio address delivered Labor Day, September 1, 1941


Disunity Spells Disaster

THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY

By ROBERT A. TAFT, U. S. Senator from Ohio

Delivered over Columbia Broadcasting System, September 5, 1941


Lessons of Military History

OUR ARMY AND MODERN WARFARE

By COL. ROBT. R. McCORMICK, Editor and Publisher of the Chicago Tribune; on Gen. Pershing's AEF Staff and Authority on Military Affairs

Delivered over Station WGN, Chicago, September 6, 1941


Agricultural Production Goals for 1942

FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR AND WRITE THE PEACE

By CLAUDE R. WICKARD, Secretary of Agriculture

On the National Farm and Home Hour, Speaking from San Francisco, California, September 8, 1941


Inflation Is Already Here

LET'S TRY TO CONTROL IT

By HENRY MORGENTHAU, Secretary of the Treasury

Delivered before the Advertising Club, Boston, Mass., September 9, 1941


What the United States Faces Today

GOD GRANT THAT WE MAY NOT BE COMPELLED TO UNSHEATH OUR SWORD

By ALBEN W. BARKLEY, U. S. Senator from Kentucky

Delivered before the Iowa State Bankers Association, held in Des Moines, Iowa, on September 9, 1941


The Time for Active Defense Is Now

WE MUST MAINTAIN THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Radio address delivered at Washington D. C., September 11, 1941


The Navy Is Ready

IT HAS BEEN ORDERED INTO ACTION

By FRANK KNOX, Secretary of the Navy

Delivered before the American Legion in Convention, at Milwaukee, September 15, 1941


The Crisis

WE SHOULD NOT AGAIN SACRIFICE OUR SONS

By HERBERT HOOVER, Former President of the United States

From Chicago, over radio, September 16, 1941


Wake Up America! The Hour is Late

THERE IS A CONSPIRACY TO GET US INTO WAR

By CHARLES W. TOBEY, U. S. Senator from New Hampshire

Delivered before an America First Committee Rally at Carnegie Hall, New York, September 17, 1941


Wisdom Before Information

NO AGE IS ENTITLED TO MORE FACTS THAN IT CAN ASSIMILATE

By THE VERY REVEREND ROBERT I. GANNON, S.J., President of Fordham University

Delivered at the final ceremony of the three-day celebration of Fordham's Centenary, September 17, 1941


CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S MESSAGE TO NATION ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOUKDEN INCIDENT

September 18, 1941

The Power of Democracy

IT CAN MEET ALL CONDITIONS

By FRANCIS BIDDLE, Attorney General of the United States

Delivered before the Annual Convention of the California State Bar Association Yosemite National Park, California, September 18, 1941


Asking for Trouble

IN THE NAME OF PEACE

By GERALD P. NYE, Senator from North Dakota

Delivered before America First Rally at Newark, New Jersey, September 23, 1941


INTER-ALLIED COUNCIL STATEMENT ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ATLANTIC CHARTER
 
London, September 24, 1941

Wait and See

A POLICY THAT IS DANGEROUS

By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President of Columbia University

An address at the Opening of the 188th Year of Columbia University, September 24, 1941


The Bugaboo of Communism

WE ARE TOO INDIVIDUALISTIC

By GEORGE BARTON CUTTEN, President of Colgate University

Convocation Address delivered at Colgate University, September 24, 1941


Are We At War?

WHAT I LEARNED IN GERMANY

By JOHN CUDAHY, Former Ambassador to Belgium and Poland and Minister to Ireland and Luxembourg

Delivered over the Columbia Broadcasting System, September 26, 1941


The Need for National Defense

IF THE SITUATION IS GRAVE

By ENNIS P. WHITLEY, Business Executive

Delivered at Convention of the Michigan Engineers of American Water Works Association, Grand Rapids, Mich., September 26, 1941


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "LIBERTY FLEET DAY" ADDRESS

Washington, D. C., Sept. 27, 1941

The Material Causes Underlying the Present World Troubles

A LARGE PART OF THE WORLD IS ILL

By ALES HRDLICKA, Anthropologist Broadcast under the auspices of the Fight for Freedom Committee, Columbia Broadcasting System, September 28, 1941


The Outlook

AND THE RAPID UNIFICATION OF THE WORLD

By W. J. CAMERON, Ford Motor Co.

Broadcast over the Nation-Wide Network of the Columbia Broadcasting System from Detroit, September 28, 1941


The Great Necessity

CAN THE PEACE BE WON?

By HENRY P. VAN DUSEN, Professor, Union Theological Seminary, New York City

To the British Public over British Broadcasting System, London, September 28, 1941


TEXT OF A LETTER FROM AMBASSADOR OF POLAND, JAN CIECHANOWSKI, TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, CORDELL HULL, ON THE SUBJECT OF POLISH-SOVIET RELATIONS

September 29, 1941

Revise the Neutrality Act

WE MUST DELIVER AID AGAINST HITLER

By TOM CONNALLY, United States Senator from Texas

Delivered over radio from Washington, D. C., September 29, 1941


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S REVIEW OF THE WAR TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

September 30, 1941

A University Celebrates in War Time

"NOT KNOWLEDGE ALONE BUT WISDOM"

By A. H. COMPTON, Professor of Physics, University of Chicago

Radio Address, September 30, 1941


The Future of Our States and Cities in Our Governmental Structure

LIBERTIES CAN BE LOST AS WELL AS WON

By GEORGE F. BARRETT, Attorney General of Illinois

Delivered before the National Association of Attorneys General, at the House Chamber at the Indiana State Capitol in Indianapolis, September 30, 1941


W. AVERELL HARRIMAN, AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CONFERENCE OF UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, AND THE U.S.S.R.

Speech at the final meeting on October 1, 1941

World Peace Must Be Enforced

WE SHOULD PREVENT THE RISE OF NEW HITLERS

By FRANK KNOX, Secretary of the Navy

Delivered before the members of the American Bar Association at Indianapolis, Indiana, October 1, 1941


After the War, What?

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT BRINGS POLITICAL CONTROL

By HENRY M. WRISTON, President of Brown University and Chairman, Citizens Emergency Committee on Non-defense Expenditures

Delivered to the Tenth Annual Convention of the Controllers Institute of America at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, October 1, 1941


HITLER'S ORDER OF THE DAY TO THE GERMAN TROOPS ON THE EASTERN FRONT

Issued October 2, 1941


TEXT OF THE DOCUMENT HANDED BY SECRETARY OF STATE HULL TO THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR

October 2, 1941

On the Home Front

"I DISAPPROVE WHAT YOU SAY, BUT I WILL DEFEND TO THE DEATH YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT."—Voltaire

By JAMES S. KEMPER, President, Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company of Chicago

Delivered before the Farm Equipment Institute at The Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, Illinois on October 2, 1941


MEMORANDUM OF A CONVERSATION BY SECRETARY OF STATE, CORDELL HULL, WITH THE MINISTER OF FINLAND, MR. HJALMAR J. PROCOPÉ

October 3, 1941

REICHSFÜHRER ADOLF HITLER'S BROADCAST TO THE GERMAN PEOPLE
 
Berlin, October 3, 1941

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST ON "THE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION OF HUMAN NEEDS"
 
Washington, D. C., October 3, 1941

Are We in the Hands of Fate?

MAN IS HIS OWN FATE

By JOHN HAYNES HOLMES, Minister of The Community Church, New York City

Delivered at Lehigh University, October 5, 1941


FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S LETTER TO THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR CONVENTION
 
Seattle, October 7, 1941

LETTER FROM PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TO PREMIER JOSEPH STALIN
 
October 8, 1941

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS URGING THE ARMING OF AMERICAN FLAG SHIPS ENGAGED IN FOREIGN COMMERCE
 
October 9, 1941

Revision of the Neutrality Act
MERCHANT SHIPS CANNOT SUFFICIENTLY ARM
By C. WAYLAND BROOKS, Senator from Illinois
Before the American Forum at the Willard Hotel, October 12, 1941

War's Challenge to Citizen Concern With Government
THERE ARE POWERFUL FORCES TO OVERCOME
By FRED A. ELDEAN, Executive Director, Tax Foundation, New York, N. Y.
Delivered at National Tax Association Conference, Hotel Lowry, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 13, 1941

The Economics of the Emergency

SAVE NOW AND BUY LATER

By MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYSER, Journalist

Before the Convention of the Illinois State Savings and Loan League at Peoria, Illinois, on October 14, 1941


Prosperity After the War
OUR WEAPONS ARE PRODUCTION AND PERSUASION
By WALTER D. FULLER, President of The Curtis Publishing Company and President of the National Association of Manufacturers
Before the Cleveland Advertising Club, October 15, 1941

Youth Is More Sinned Against Than Sinner

YOUTH IS NOT TO BLAME THAT IT HAS GONE ASTRAY

By DOUGLAS ROBERT ROBBINS, '42, President of Student Body, College of William and Mary in Virginia

Delivered at the Sixth Annual Honors Convocation, October 15, 1941


The Contribution of the Republican Party to National Defense
BUT WE ARE, FIRST, AMERICANS
By ALF. M. LANDON, Ex-Governor of Kansas
Delivered before the Second District Women's Republican Club at Kansas City, October 17, 1941

Can Europe's Children Be Saved?
HITLER CANNOT BE DEFEATED BY ARMIES OF STARVING CHILDREN
By HERBERT HOOVER, Ex-President of the United States
Broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System, October 19, 1941

Business Must Go Ahead

IT IS TIME WE LIFTED UP OUR HEADS

By CARLE C. CONWAY, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Continental Can Co.

Delivered at Hotel Muehlebach, Kansas City, Mo., before a luncheon given by the Real Estate Board of Kansas City, and attended also by the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, October 24, 1941


FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ON THE EXECUTION OF HOSTAGES BY THE NAZIS

October 25, 1941

Civil Liberties During National Emergency

OUR LIBERTY PROVIDES OUR VITALITY

By WENDELL BERGE, Assistant Attorney General of the United States

At the Foreign Policy Association Forum, Waldorf Astoria, New York, October 25, 1941


FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "NAVY DAY ADDRESS" ON THE ATTACK ON THE DESTROYER KEARNEY

October 27, 1941

Never Give In

Winston Churchill

October 29, 1941, Harrow School


Slowdown of Defense

PAYING FOR THE RIGHT TO WORK

By LELAND M. FORD, United States Representative from California

Over the Red Network of the National Broadcasting Company, October 29, 1941


The Faith of Our Fathers

THE HOPE OF AMERICA'S FUTURE

By H. W. PRENTIS, JR., President, Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, Pa.; Chairman of the Board, National Association of Manufacturers

Before Joint Meeting of Iowa Manufacturers Association and National Association of Manufacturers, Des Moines, Iowa, October 29, 1941


PARAPHRASE OF A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TO PREMIER JOSEPH STALIN

Dated October 30, 1941

How Can We Stop Rising Prices?

BY DESIRING TO STOP RISING PRICES

By ROBERT A. TAFT, U. S. Senator from Ohio

Address on the Town Hall of the Air, October 30, 1941


The Men of Government

KEEPING THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT DEMOCRATIC

By WAYNE COY, Director of the Office of Emergency Management

At Student Convocation, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, October 30, 1941


THE REICH GOVERNMENT'S REPLY TO ROOSEVELT'S NAVY DAY SPEECH

Berlin, November 1, 1941

Business As Usual

EVERYONE IS MORE IMPORTANT TO HIS COUNTRY THAN TO HIMSELF

By W. J. CAMERON of Ford Motor Company

Broadcast on the Ford Sunday Evening Hour over the Columbia Broadcasting System from Detroit, November 2, 1941


A PARAPHRASE OF THE REPLY OF PREMIER JOSEPH STALIN, DATED NOVEMBER 4, 1941, TO THE LETTER OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT OF OCTOBER 30, 1941

November 4, 1941

War Policy

BUT ALWAYS IT SHOULD BE NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

By ARTHUR KROCK, Chief of the Washington Bureau of The New York Times

Delivered at the luncheon of the Association of the Alumni of Columbia College in the Bankers Club, New York City, November 5, 1941


Peace or War

THIS IS A TIME WE CAN PRAY GOD TO GIVE US MEN

By HIRAM W. JOHNSON, U. S. Senator from California

Broadcast over the National Broadcasting Co., November 5, 1941 and before the U. S. Senate, November 7, 1941


ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO THE DELEGATES OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION

Delivered in the White House and broadcast over a nation-wide hookup, November 6, 1941

The Position of Russia

OUR CAUSE IS JUST; VICTORY WILL BE OURS!

By PREMIER JOSEPH STALIN

Delivered over the radio from Moscow, November 6, 1941


We, in England, Have Made Mistakes

WE HAVE LEARNED SOME LESSONS

By PATRICIA STRAUSS, Author and Wife of British Labour M. P., G. R. Strauss, at Stephens College Forum Columbia, Mo., November 6, 1941


JOSEPH STALIN'S SPEECH ON RED SQUARE ON ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION

November 7, 1941

Is Civilian Defense Necessary?

OUR POPULATION IS MIXED, THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE LOGIC OF EVENTS NOW TRANSPIRING IS NOT, ON THE WHOLE, ACUTE

By MAJOR GENERAL JOHN F. O'RYAN, New York State Director of Civilian Defense, Commander 27th Division in A. E. F.

Delivered at the Forum, Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., November 9, 1941


SPEECH BY PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL AT THE MANSION HOUSE REGARDING INVOLVEMENT IN A US-JAPANESE WAR BY THE BRITISH

London, November 10, 1941

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S ARMISTICE DAY ADDRESS

Arlington Cemetery, November 11, 1941

KING GEORGE VI AT THE OPENING OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

November 12, 1941

MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL REVIEWS THE WAR IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

November 12, 1941

Government Use of the Machine in War

POLITICAL ACTION CAN CUT OFF SILK BUT IT CANNOT CREATE NYLON

By HENRY M. WRISTON, President of Brown University and Chairman of the Citizens Emergency Committee on Non-defense Expenditures

Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Political Science, Hotel Astor, New York City, November 12, 1941


No Monopoly On Trouble

"AWAKE, ARISE, OR BE FOREVER FALLEN"

By LEON HENDERSON, Administrator of the Office of Price Administration

Before the American Association of Advertising Agencies and the Association of National Advertisers, Hot Springs, Va., November 13, 1941


Leadership and the Present Crisis

AN AGGRESSIVE FAITH IS FUNDAMENTAL IN THE WARFARE OF THE SPIRIT, AND THE PRESENT STRUGGLE IS ESSENTIALLY A CRUSADE

By O. C. CARMICHAEL, Chancellor of Vanderbilt University

Delivered at the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, November 13, 1941, in New York City


Civil Liberty in Time of National Defense

THE RIGHT OF FREE CRITICISM . . . IS ESSENTIAL TO THE PRESERVATION OF FUNDAMENTAL CIVIL LIBERTY

By DR. ROBERT E. CUSHMAN, Department of Government, Cornell University

Delivered before the G-E Farm Forum and broadcast from WGY, Schenectady, N. Y., November 14, 1941


JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER TOGO SHIGENORI'S ADDRESS TO THE IMPERIAL DIET

November 17, 1941

THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS REPEALS OF THE 1939 NEUTRALITY ACT

November 17, 1941

Shall We Send Armies to Europe?

THE FIFTH FREEDOM: FREEDOM OF ENTERPRISE

By FORMER PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER

At the Union League Club, Chicago, November 19, 1941


The Roosevelt-Churchill Declaration

THE TERMS OF A FUTURE PEACE

By BERNADOTTE E. SCHMITT, Professor of History, University of Chicago

At a meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies at Indianapolis, on November 22, 1941


UNITED STATES TROOPS SENT TO SURINAM (DUTCH GUIANA) TO GUARD BAUXITE MINES

November 24, 1941

SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL'S STATEMENT ON FINNISH-GERMAN MILITARY COOPERATION

November 28, 1941

America Must Decide

ACCUMULATE NEEDS AND MONEY NOW

By WILLIAM A. HANLEY, President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Delivered at the Annual Meeting of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, N. Y., December 1-5, 1941


Quit Fooling and Go to Work

WE ARE UP AGAINST A MILITARY AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINE WHICH IS CLICKING

By WILLIAM S. KNUDSEN, Director General of the Office of Production Management

Delivered at the forty-sixth annual Congress of American Industry of the National Association of Manufacturers at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, December 3, 1941


Our Food Production Program

FOOD IS TOO PRECIOUS TO WASTE

By CLAUDE R. WICKARD, Secretary of Agriculture

Delivered on the National Radio Forum (Conducted by The Washington Star,) over the National Broadcasting Company, November 3, 1941


Industry's Post-War Responsibilities

THE "A. H." PROGRAM (After Hitler)

By ALFRED P. SLOAN, JR., Chairman of General Motors Corporation Before Forty-sixth Annual Congress of American Industry, Sponsored by National Association of Manufacturers

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, N. Y., December 4, 1941


No Room for Complacency in Domestic Expenditures

GIVE CONGRESSMEN MORAL AND REALISTIC SUPPORT

By MORTON BODFISH, Executive Vice President, United States Savings and Loan League

Address before 49th Annual Convention of the League, Miami, Florida, December 5, 1941


HITLER ON PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY, DECEMBER 7, 1941
"Night-and-Fog Decree" (Nacht-und-Nebel Erlass).


PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS

(Asking for a Declaration of a State of War between the United States and Japan, December 8, 1941)

CANADA DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN


THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS DECLARES WAR WITH JAPAN


THE UNITED KINGDOM'S NOTIFICATION OF A STATE OF WAR WITH JAPAN

December 8, 1941


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST ON WAR WITH JAPAN

December 8, 1941


The Congress and People Have Accepted the Challenge

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE HUMAN RACE IS ON OUR SIDE

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Radio address to the American People over all stations from Washington, D. C., December 9, 1941


CHINA'S DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST JAPAN, ALSO AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY

December 9, 1941


Duty of Business in War

FIRST THINGS MUST COME FIRST

By ALBERT W. HAWKES, President, Chamber of Commerce of the United States and President of Congoleum-Nairn, Inc., Kearny, N. J.

Over the Mutual Broadcasting System from Washington, D. C., December 10, 1941


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S REVIEW OF THE WAR TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

December 11, 1941


AUSTRALIA DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN


PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS

(Requesting recognition of a State of War existing between the United States and Germany and the United States and Italy, December 11, 1941)

HITLER ANNOUNCED TO THE REICHSTAG THE DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST THE UNITED STATES

December 11, 1941

MUSSOLINI'S WAR STATEMENT

Rome, December 11, 1941

THE GERMAN DECLARATION OF WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES

December 11, 1941


GERMANY, ITALY, AND JAPAN SIGN NEW PACT BARRING A SEPARATE PEACE WITH THE UNITED STATES OR GREAT BRITAIN


Life Insurance in Defense of Democracy

A HUMAN BUSINESS

By O. J. ARNOLD, President, Northwestern National Life Insurance Company and Chairman, 35th Annual Convention of The Association of Life Insurance Presidents

Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, December 11, 1941


EAMON DE VALERA'S SPEECH ON EIRE NEUTRALITY, CORK, IRELAND

December 12, 1941


The Broad Issues Behind Education and National Defense

THE UNIVERSITIES ARE FOLLOWING A NUMBER OF POLICIES WHICH ARE DANGEROUS TO THE NATION

By W. H. COWLEY, President, Hamilton College

Delivered at the Thirty-fifth Annual Convention of The Association of Life Insurance Presidents, Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, December 12, 1941


Freedom of Speech in Wartime

IT ALWAYS IS LIMITED

By RODNEY L. MOTT, Director of the School of Social Sciences, Colgate University

Over WGY, Schenectady, N. Y., December 13, 1941


We Hold These Truths

THE RIGHTS TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Over combined Radio Stations, from Washington, D. C., December 15, 1941


Newspapers in a Democracy

THEY GO BACK 239 YEARS IN AMERICAN HISTORY

By GROVE PATTERSON, Editor of the Toledo Blade

Delivered at the Bill of Rights Anniversary Dinner, Waldorf-Astoria, New York, December 15, 1941


The United States of America at War

MODERN WAR REQUIRES MORE THAN CHEERING

By ROBERT A. TAFT, U. S. Senator from Ohio

Before the Executives Club of Chicago, Friday, December 19, 1941


Another Shot Heard 'Round the World

—OUT OF SUFFERING HAD COME A SPIRITUAL RE-BIRTH

By FRANKLIN BLISS SNYDER, President of Northwestern University

Address given at the Founders' Day Anniversary Meeting of the Union League Club of Chicago, December 19, 1941


It Is Russia to Which We Owe Much

THEIR FOE IS OUR FOE

By DR. MONROE E. DEUTSCH, Vice-President and Provost of the University of California

At the meeting held in behalf of Russian War Relief at Scottish Rite Hall, Oakland, California, December 19, 1941


JOSEPH GOEBBELS' PLEA FOR CLOTHING FOR TROOPS ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT, ALSO HITLER'S PROCLAMATION READ BY GOEBBELS

December 20, 1941


Fight for Freedom

WE CANNOT WIN WITH QUICK DRAMATICS OR MOMENTARY HEROICS

By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Presidential Candidate, 1940

Over Columbia Broadcasting System, December 20, 1941


THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE DIRECT COMMAND BY ADOLPH HITLER WITH HIS PROCLAMATION TO THE GERMAN ARMY

December 21, 1941

What Victory Requires

OUR HERITAGE CAN BE PRESERVED ONLY BY FIGHTING

By JAMES BRYANT CONANT, President of Harvard University

At the Annual Dinner of the New England Society of New York, Hotel Plaza, December 22, 1941


Christmas Message 1941

Winston Churchill

24 December 1941, Washington, D.C.


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S ADDRESS TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

December 26, 1941


The Filipinos Our Allies

DO NOT PERMIT "THEIR FUTURE HISTORY TO BE WRITTEN IN JAPANESE"

By H. A. BURGERS, Recent President of the Insular Sugar Refining Corporation of Manila

Delivered before the Commonwealth Club of California, in San Francisco, December 26, 1941, and broadcast over NBC network


The Art of Living for Woman Today

"BE STINGY WITH TIME"

By ELEANOR PALFFY, Vice-Chairman, Red Cross Nurses' Aide Corps

Over Station WWDC, December 26, 1941


Preparation - Liberation - Assault ("Some chicken, some neck!")

From Winston S. Churchill, Unrelenting Struggle, p. 363

December 30, 1941


Readjustments Required Within Industry

Because of the Defense Program

"LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED: NOT DICTATORSHIP"

By DONALDSON BROWN, Vice-Chairman of General Motors Corporation Before the American Statistical Association, Hotel Biltmore, New York, December 30, 1941


PROGRESS OF THE DEFENSE PROGRAM

REPORT of the DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PACTS AND FIGURES to the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES on the PROGRESS OF THE DEFENSE EFFORT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1941


America Is on the March

TYRANNY WILL BE ON THE RUN

By JOHN W. McCORMACK, of Massachusetts, Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives

Delivered before the Boston Chamber of Commerce, Retail Trade Board, Maritime Association, and Advertising Club of Boston on December 31, 1941


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