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United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1942. China (1942)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the Untied States diplomatic papers, 1942. General; the British Commonweath; the Far East: Volume I (1942)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1942. Europe: Volume II (1942)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1942. Europe: Volume III (1942)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1942. The Near East and Africa: Volume IV (1942)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1942. The American Republics: Volume V (1942)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1942. The American Republics: Volume VI (1942)

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


1942


JANUARY


DECLARATION BY UNITED NATIONS
(Subscribing to the Principles of the Atlantic Charter, January 1, 1942)


Mental Preparedness in Wartime

"BE CALM"

By ERIC P. MOSSE, M. D., Assistant Psychiatrist, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Hospital

Broadcast over Station WEVD, on January 2, 1942


Preserving the Roots of Liberty

DOES THE AVERAGE COLLEGE GRADUATE UNDERSTAND THE AMERICAN SYSTEM?

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

Before the Joint Dinner of the Association of American Colleges and the American Association of Junior Colleges at Baltimore, Maryland, January 2, 1942


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


THE ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1942


The Geography of the Pacific

THE LARGEST AND DEEPEST OF ALL OCEANS

By Dr. E. S. C. SMITH, Professor of Geology, Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.

Delivered on January 6, 1942, during the General Electric Science Forum program from Schenectady, N. Y., over WGY


America and the World Crisis

"CAN WE ALSO WIN THE PEACE?"

By DR. D. F. FLEMING

Delivered over Station WSM, Nashville, Tennessee, January 7, 1942


Free Enterprise

THE FOUNDATION OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM

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

At Noon Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, New York City, on January 8, 1942


MOLOTOV'S NOTE ON GERMAN ATROCITIES IN OCCUPIED SOVIET TERRITORY


America at War

REMEDIES TO PREVENT ALL-OUT PRICE INCREASE

By ROBERT A. TAFT, United States Senator from Ohio

Before dinner of the Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy, Hotel Commodore, New York, January 15, 1942


TEXT OF RESOLUTION ON GERMAN WAR CRIMES SIGNED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF NINE OCCUPIED COUNTRIES
London, January 12, 1942


130,000,000 Free People Working in Unison

AND WITHOUT PARTISAN LINES

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

Over the National Radio Forum, National Broadcasting Company, January 12, 1942


The Price of Victory at Best Will Be High

"WE NEED TANKS, NOT TALK"

By WENDELL L. WILLKIE

At the Annual Dinner of the United States Conference of Mayors, Washington, D. C, January 13, 1942


What Makes a Good Bomb Shelter?

STUDY THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF CIVILIAN DEFENSE

By COLONEL GEORGE J. B. FISHER, Office Chief, Chemical Warfare Service, War Department, Washington, D. C.

Delivered on January 13, 1942, during the General Electric Science Forum Program from Schenectady, N. Y., over WGY


The Defense of American Influence

"IT HAS BEEN GOOD, BAD AND INDIFFERENT"

By RICHARD H. HEINDEL, Faculty, of Modern European History of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Delivered in Philadelphia, January 13, 1942


Dual Date With Destiny

WHY HAS OUR FREE SOCIETY BEEN LOSING GROUND?

By PAUL G. HOFFMAN, President, The Studebaker Corporation Delivered at the Annual Banquet of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce at Tulsa, Oklahoma, on January 14, 1942


INTER-AMERICAN POLICY
(Under-Secretary of State Sumner Welles' Address at Rio de Janeiro, January 15, 1942)


The Need for Civilian Protection

WE MUST RESPOND IN A UNITED FASHION

By DEAN JAMES M. LANDIS, Executive, Office of Civilian Defense

Over CBS, January 17, 1942


WASTE

TODAY'S WASTE CAN ASSIST TOMORROW'S SUPPLY

By W. J. CAMERON, of Ford Motor Company

A Talk Given on the Ford Sunday Evening Hour Broadcast over Columbia Broadcasting System from Detroit on January 18, 1942


The Challenge to Our National Character

BEFORE THE WORLD AND BEFORE OURSELVES WE MUST MAKE GOOD OUR WORD

By FRANK MURPHY, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, at St. Louis, Mo.

Before the Annual Banquet given by the Lawyers Association of Missouri in honor of the judges of the State and Federal Courts in that area, and broadcast over the Blue Network, January 23, 1942


The Universities and Their Activities During Time of War

"THOSE WHO DESERVE FREEDOM WILL FIGHT FOR IT"

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

At the University Meeting, January 23, 1942, on the Campus of the University


CASABLANCA CONFERENCE COMMUNIQUÉ

(An excerpt dealing with plans for "Unconditional Surrender", January 24, 1943)

ADDRESS BY SUMNER WELLES, UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE AT THE THIRD MEETING OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 24, 1942


A More Perfect Union

AMERICA'S PREDESTINED TASK

By DEAN PAUL SHIPMAN ANDREWS, Syracuse University College of Law

Delivered at the Annual Dinner of the New York State Bar Association, New York City, January 24, 1942


"This War Is America's Vocation"

NATIONS HAVE DESTINIES AS WELL AS MEN

By IRVING T. McDONALD, Librarian of Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., and New England Radio War-Analyst

Delivered at the Annual Conference of the New England Home Loan Bankers' Association Parker House, Boston, January 24, 1942


Our American Legal Philosophy

MECHANISMS AND TECHNIQUES TO END INTERNATIONAL LAWLESSNESS

By ROBERT H. JACKSON, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

At the Annual Banquet of the New York State Bar Association, The Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, January 24, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
January 27, 1942


Expert Government

"WE WANT FRANK AND TRUSTING LEADERSHIP"

By THOMAS I. PARKINSON, President of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U. S.

At the 139th dinner of the Economic Club of New York, at the Hotel Astor, New York, January 27, 1942


Our Home Front

"WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN PRIVATE PEARL HARBOR"

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

At the 139th dinner of the Economic Club of New York, at the Hotel Astor, New York, January 27, 1942


Our Full-Out Aircraft Production

"OUR PLANES ARE NEEDED ON ALL FRONTS"

By COL. JOHN H. JOUETT, President, Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, Inc. At the 139th dinner of the Economic Club of New York, at the Hotel Astor, New York, January 27, 1942


Freedom and Ethics

(IN SERIES, "WHAT FREEDOM MEANS")

By EDWIN G. CONKLIN, Professor Emeritus of Biology in Princeton University and Executive Vice-president of the American Philosophical Society

WCAU, Philadelphia, Tuesday, January 27, 1942


There Can Be No Isolation

OCEANS NOW JOIN NATIONS

By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President of Columbia University and President of the Pilgrims of the U. S.

At the Annual Meeting of the Pilgrims of the United States, Bankers Club, New York, January 28, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (AND RESULT OF VOTE OF CONFIDENCE)
January 29, 1942


TEXT OF SPEECH BY CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER AT BERLIN SPORTS PALACE
January 30, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESS ON HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY
January 30, 1942


FEBRUARY


Identification of Alien Enemies

LET US NOT PERSECUTE THESE PEOPLE

By FRANCIS BIDDLE, Attorney General of the United States, on Sunday, February 1, 1942

Over the Columbia Broadcasting System, Washington, D. C.


The Post-War World

WE MUST PRODUCE GOOD MEN FOR DEMOCRACY

By ERNEST M. HOPKINS, President, Dartmouth College

Delivered at Taft School, February 6, 1942


The Soul of Uncle Sam

WE ARE SEEING OURSELVES

By EDGAR EUGENE ROBINSON, Byrne Professor of American History in Stanford University, California

At the Stanford University Alumni Conference Dinner on February 8, 1942


"Men of Victory"

WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER

By PAUL V. McNUTT, Federal Security Administrator

Broadcast over a Nation-Wide Network of the National Broadcasting Company, February 9, 1942


 

The Asiatic Problem

"THE COLORED PEOPLE ARE STILL WAITING, STILL WATCHFUL"

By PEARL BUCK, Author

At Book and Author Luncheon of the American Booksellers Association, Hotel Astor, New York City, February 10, 1942


"Win the War—Or Build the St. Lawrence?"

IS IT DEFENSE OR WASTE?

By WALTER C. PLOESER, Congressman from Missouri

Over the Columbia Broadcasting System, Washington, D. C., February 10, 1942


Patriotism

THAT THE THINGS WE CHERISH SHALL NEVER PERISH

By GOVERNOR J. HOWARD McGRATH, of Rhode Island

Delivered at the Annual Dinner of the Providence Chamber of Commerce, February 11, 1942


CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER'S ORATION AT THE FUNERAL OF REICH MINISTER DR. FRITZ TODT
February 12, 1942


"Let Us Do More Proposing Than Opposing"

"BRING GEN. MacARTHUR HOME"

By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Presidential Candidate in 1940

At the Lincoln birthday dinner of the Middlesex Club in Boston, February 12, 1942


Dictators Don't Laugh

LAUGHTER IS THE GREAT LEVELER

By DR. STEWART W. McCLELLAND, President, Lincoln Memorial University

Delivered before the Lincoln Club of Los Angeles, February 12, 1942


Lincoln

A MAN WHO PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST

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

At the Fifty-Sixth Annual Lincoln Day Dinner of The National Republican Club in the Waldorf-Astoria, February 12, 1942


American Finance and Business in Khaki

THE TIME TO TALK CONSTRUCTIVELY TO THE PUBLIC IS NOW

By MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYSER

At Mid-Winter Meeting of the Ohio Bankers Association, Columbus, Ohio, February 12, 1942


Small Business, Labor and War Production

THE GOVERNMENT HAS FULL CONTROL OVER EVERY MANUFACTURING FACILITY

By DE WITT EMERY, Founder and Manager of the National Small Business Mens Association

Broadcast over the Mutual Network, February 14, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST ON THE STATE OF THE WAR
February 15, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST TO CANADIANS
February 15, 1942


America's Future

NOT EVOLUTION BUT REVOLUTION

By LEWIS H. BROWN, President, Johns-Manville Corporation

Before Founder's Day Convocation, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa., February 16, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE WAR (regarding escape of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau)
February 17, 1942


The Battle of Time

"HANG ON BECAUSE WE ARE ON THE WAY WITH WHAT YOU NEED"

By CHARLES E. WILSON, President, General Electric Company

Given before the members of the Legislature of the State of New York, on the occasion of their inspection of Schenectady's war work, February 17, 1942


PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL'S SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE OF A TRAILER CANTEEN PRESENTED BY AUSTRIANS IN BRITAIN TO THE W. V. S. (WOMEN'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE)
February 18, 1942


FORMATION OF THE NEW BRITISH WAR CABINET
February 19, 1942


The Beliefs We Fight For

A CONCEPT MORE POWERFUL THAN THOSE WHICH BOLSTER THE ENEMY EFFORT

By LIEUTENANT OREN ROOT, JR., United States Navy

At Banquet of Associated Industries of New York State, February 19, 1942


"Pearl Harbor Angered Business But It Did Not Frighten It"

LET US KEEP OUR THINKING STRAIGHT

By PERCY C. MAGNUS, President of New York State Chocolate and Confectionery Association

At the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City, February 20, 1942


To Date—and Tomorrow

"MORE DOLLARS DO NOT MEAN MORE GOODS"

By LEON HENDERSON, Administrator, Office of Price Administration

Before the Chicago Better Business Bureau, Palmer House, Chicago, Ill., February 20, 1942


GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S MESSAGE TO THE INDIAN PEOPLE (Excerpt)
February 21, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST ON WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
February 22, 1941


What Is American Democracy?

CHARACTERISTICS THAT GIVE IT MEANING AND PERMANENCE

By PROFESSOR E. G. WALKER, Hiram College

Delivered at Lecture Forum on "The Impact of War," at Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio, February 22, 1942


TEXT OF JOSEPH STALIN'S ORDER OF THE DAY ON THE 24TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RED ARMY
February 23, 1942


TEXT OF THE ANGLO-AMERICAN MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
Signed in Washington on February 23, 1942, by Sumner Welles, Acting Secretary of State, and Viscount Halifax, British Ambassador


Allies on Offensive Soon

THE BROAD OCEANS HAVE BECOME ENDLESS BATTLE FIELDS

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Over combined Radio Stations, from Washington, D. C., February 23, 1942


DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL (WAR SITUATION, Ministerial Changes)
February 24, 1942


America and the World Crisis

"IS THE BRITISH EMPIRE WORTH SAVING?"

By DR. D. F. FLEMING, Teacher and Author

Over radio station WSM, Nashville, Tennessee, February 25, 1942


China Today

"THE BATTLE OF LEARNING HAS NEVER BEEN LOST"

By C. T. FENG, Chinese Consul-General

At the Convention of the American Association of School Administrators, San Francisco, February 25, 1942


More Fronts to Win War Now

RUSSIA SAW PERIL AND PREPARED

By MAXIM LITVINOFF, Russian Ambassador to the United States

Before the Overseas Press Club at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, February 26, 1942


Anglo-American Relations

WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE MINDS OF OUR FRIENDS

By LORD HALIFAX, British Ambassador to the United States

Before the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, February 26, 1942


Present Problems of the Future

"IT IS THE SCHOOLS WHICH GIVES SUBSTANCE TO THE IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY"

By DR. ROBERT GORDON SPROUL, President, University of California, Berkeley, Cal

Delivered before the American Association of School Administrators, San Francisco, Cal., February 26, 1942


RELATIONS WITH THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AT VICHY
(Released to the press February 27.)


Carping Critics

"THE PRESS HAS DUTIES AS WELL AS RIGHTS"

By EMANUEL CELLER, United States Representative from New York

Broadcast over the Red Network of the National Broadcasting Company, February 27, 1942


Living in a Scientific World

"DESTINY IS TRAMPLING UPON OUR HEELS"

By WATSON DAVIS, Director of Science Service, Washington

Before the annual luncheon of the General Science Association of New York, Hotel Astor, New York City, February 28, 1942


United We Stand

"WE MUST NOT HOARD OUR WEAPONS"

By WILLIAM L. BATT, Director of Materials, War Production Board

Delivered before the Foreign Policy Association, February 28, 1942, Hotel Astor, New York City


The Consumer's Interest in Farm Production

OUR DEPENDENCE UPON AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT

By GEORGE D. AIKEN, Senator from Vermont

Over the Columbia Network from the Studios of WJSV in Washington, February 28, 1942


MARCH


Ever Greater Production

WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?

By DONALD M. NELSON, Chairman of the War Production Board

Over the Blue Network, from Washington, D. C., March 2, 1942


Australia's War Effort

OVER 500,000 MEN IN UNIFORM — 8% OF POPULATION

By SIR HERBERT GEPP, Managing Director of Australian Paper Manufacturers, Ltd.

At Monthly Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, March 5, 1942


War Incentives

WHAT ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AIMING AT?

By ALF M. LANDON, Ex-Governor of Kansas,

Broadcast over the Blue Network from Kansas City, Mo., March 8, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST ON THE 9TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL FARM PROGRAM
March 9, 1942


The Peril of Inflation

"IT CALLS FOR COOPERATION AND RESTRAINT ON THE PART OF EVERY GROUP"

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Over combined Radio Stations, from Washington, D. C., March 9, 1942


War In the Pacific

"WE CAN'T WIN THE WAR BY DEFENSE METHODS"

By ELBERT D. THOMAS, United States Senator from Utah

Broadcast over the National Broadcasting Company, March 9, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS' MISSION TO INDIA
March 11, 1942.


The American Workers' Responsibility

ACTUALLY A SOLDIER IN OVERALLS

By GEORGE MEANY, Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Labor

Delivered before the Detroit and Wayne County Federation of Labor, Detroit, Mich., March 12, 1942


Frontiers of the Constitution

GOVERNMENT BY LAWS AND NOT BY MEN

By OSCAR L. YOUNG, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire

Delivered at opening session of Boston University's annual Founders' Day observance, March 12, 1942


The Allies Were Not Ready

NOW OUR EYES ARE OPEN

By PRIME MINISTER JOHN CURTIN of Australia

Broadcast, March 13, 1942


Two Veterans of the Old World

GUARDIANSHIP OVER ASIATIC PEOPLE HAS ENDED

By SIR SHANMUKHAM CHETTY, Director of Indian Government Purchasing Mission

Delivered at India-China Friendship Day Celebration given by the East and West Association at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, March 14, Broadcast over NBC and WMCA


The Heart of Democracy

EQUALITY FOR ALL

By PEARL S. BUCK, Author

Delivered at India-China Friendship Day Celebration given by the East and West Association, Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, March 14, 1942


CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER'S "MEMORIAL DAY" ADDRESS
March 15, 1942


Russia's Contributions

WE ARE ALL PARTNERS

By MAXIM LITVINOFF, Russian Ambassador to the United States

Delivered at the Economics Club Dinner, Hotel Astor, New York City, March 16, 1942


Should the Wage-Hour Law Be Suspended?

LAW DOES NOT RESTRICT USE OF MACHINERY

By L. METCALFE WALLING, Administrator, Wage and Hour Division and Division of Public Contracts, U. S. Department of Labor

Over the Blue Network, March 18, 1942


"The War and Small Business"

THEIR RESOURCES MUST BE UTILIZED

By HALE BOGGS, United States Representative from Louisiana

Over the Blue Network, March 19, at 10:45 P.M., E.W.T.


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON "ARMY DAY"
March 20, 1942


The Wartime Treatment of Aliens

REQUIRES STATESMANSHIP AND COMMUNITY COOPERATION

By MARSHALL E. DIMOCK, Associate Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.

Delivered at the General Evening Session of the California Conference of Social Work, San Francisco Civic Auditorium, April 20, 1942


Front Lines in the Battle of Production

WOMEN'S PART IN THE WAR EFFORT

By SIR GERALD CAMPBELL, British Minister at Washington, D.C.

Delivered at the Annual Luncheon of the National Consumers' League, New York City, March 21, 1942


The Road to Peace

A GRAVE PERIL CONFRONTS THIS NATION

By JOHN W. BOEHNE, JR., Congressman from Indiana

Delivered Before the Bronx Real Estate Board Dinner, March 21, 1942


Canada's Role in the War

AN INTERPRETER BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN

By BROOKE CLAXTON, K.C., M.P.

Delivered to the Conference on "A Grand Strategy for America" at Williams College, March 21, 1942


Taxation Today

WE ALL MUST PAY

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

Delivered on the National Radio Forum, arranged by the Washington Star, and Broadcast over the Blue Network, March 23, 1942


More and Faster Production

CALL TO LABOR FOR FULL WAR EFFORT

By DONALD M. NELSON, Chairman of the War Production Board

Delivered before the emergency conference of Congress of Industrial Organizations leaders, Washington, D. C, March 23, 1942


Corregidor

FIGHTING MEN ARE POWERLESS WITHOUT PLANES

By HONORABLE FRANCIS B. SAYRE, U. S. High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands

At the dinner of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, April 23, 1942


Federal Spending in the Emergency

DEPRESSION ACTIVITIES NO LONGER NEEDED

By WILLIAM B. MUNRO, Professor of History and Government, California Institute of Technology

Delivered at the Spring Meeting of the California Taxpayers Association, Los Angeles, California, March 25, 1942


The Spirit of Freedom

THE LIGHT MUST NOT GO OUT

By A. A. BERLE, JR., Assistant Secretary of State

Delivered at the Greek Independence Day Dinner of the American Friends of Greece, New York City, March 25, 1942


Research Laboratories and National Defense

NEW PRODUCTION METHODS FOR MATERIALS WE CANNOT BUY

By DR. HENRY G. KNIGHT, Chief, Bureau of Agricultural Chemistry and Engineering, United States Department of Agriculture

Delivered before the Eighth Annual Chemurgic Conference, Stevens Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, Wednesday, March 25, 1942


The Unbreakable Spirit Code

WE SHALL WIN OR WE SHALL DIE

By GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR, Supreme Commander of the United Nations Forces in the Southern Pacific

Delivered at a dinner given in his honor at the Australian Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, March 26, 1942


What Are We Fighting for in the Orient?

A WAR BETWEEN THE WAY OF FREEDOM AND BONDAGE

By DR. KRISHNALAL SHRIDHARANI, a Native of India and Author of "My India, My America"

Delivered on America's Town Hall of the Air program, over independent radio stations associated with the Blue Network Company, from Town Hall, New York City, March 26, 1942


PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL'S ADDRESS TO THE CENTRAL COUNCIL OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY
March 27, 1942.


Youth Is an Age of Hero Worship

DON'T MAKE SLAVES OF FUTURE GENERATIONS

By IRVING T. McDONALD, Librarian, Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass.

Delivered at the Annual Conference of Directors of Physical Education of the Massachusetts Public Schools, Belmont, Mass., March 27, 1942


STATEMENT AND DRAFT DECLARATION BY HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT WITH CORRESPONDENCE AND RESOLUTIONS CONNECTED THEREWITH (Sir Stafford Cripps' Mission to India)
March 30, 1942


The British Proposals

THE FUTURE FREEDOM OF INDIA

By SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS

Broadcast to the people of India from New Delhi, March 30, 1942


Will Our Southern Flank Become a Southern Front?

PERFORMANCE AND NOT PROPAGANDA COUNTS

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

Delivered before the Kiwanis Clubs of Lambertville, N. J. and Doylestown, Pa., at the Doylestown Inn, March 31, 1942


APRIL


Building for Victory and the Future

OPPORTUNITY AGAIN KNOCKS AT OUR DOOR

By THOMAS S. HOLDEN, President, F. W. Dodge Corporation

Delivered before the annual convention banquet of the Michigan Society of Architects, Lansing, Michigan, Friday, April 3, 1942


The Americas in the World Crisis

BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS

By RT. REV. MGR. DONALD A. MacLEAN, Associate Professor of Social and International Ethics, Catholic University, Washington, D. C.

Delivered at the "National Conference of the Catholic Association for International Peace, April 6, 1942


"The Law for Which We Fight"

OUR GOVERNMENTS NEED CRITICISM

By COLONEL GEORGE A. DREW, K.C., Leader of the Conservative Party in the Province of Ontario

Delivered before the Cleveland Bar Association, April 6, 1942


British Aims in India

MANY PROBLEMS TO OVERCOME

By LORD HALIFAX, British Ambassador to the United States

Delivered at Town Hall, New York City, April 7, 1942


United Efforts

VICTORY NEEDS TO BE ORGANIZED

By MAXIM M. LITVINOFF, Russian Ambassador to the United States

Delivered Before the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, Pa., April 10, 1942


The Democratic Issue

LIBERTY AND UNION

By WILBUR S. HOWELL, Associate Professor of Public Speaking, Princeton University

Delivered before a meeting of the Eastern Public Speaking Conference, New York City, April 10, 1942


UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD FRANCE AND THE FRENCH PEOPLE
April 13, 1942


America's Ability to Bear War Debt

PRESERVE OUR SYSTEM OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE

By EMIL SCHRAM, President of the New York Stock Exchange

Delivered Before the Nashville, Tenn., Chamber of Commerce, April 13, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S INFORMAL REMARKS TO MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE PAN AMERICAN UNION
April 14, 1942


The Influence of American Democracy on Europe

MATERIAL HELP AND MORAL LEADERSHIP

By JAN MASARYK, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czechoslovak Government in London

Delivered at City College, New York and broadcast over Station WNYC, April 16, 1942


India and the War

CRIPPS MISSION NOT A FAILURE

By SIR GIRJA SHANKAR BAJPAI, Agent General for India

Delivered before the Metropolitan Club, New York and Broadcast over the Blue Network, April 16, 1942


World Outlook Needed for Americans

WE CANNOT KEEP FREEDOM TO OURSELVES

By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Presidential Candidate in 1940

Delivered at Rochester University, April 23, 1942


Opportunity to Win War in 1942

A SECOND FRONT IN EUROPE TO AID RUSSIA

By LORD BEAVERBROOK, Britain's Lease-Lend Coordinator in Washington

Delivered before the Bureau of Advertising of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, April 23, 1942


Inter-American Relationship

EQUALITY OF EACH SOVEREIGN NATION FIRMLY ESTABLISHED

By PHILIP W. BONSAL, Chief, Division of American Republics, Department of State

Over the Blue Network, April 25, 1942


CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER RECEIVED ADDITIONAL POWER FROM THE REICHSTAG
April 26, 1942


CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER'S ADDRESS TO THE REICHSTAG
April 26, 1942


TEXT ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA OF THE ORIGINAL "QUIT INDIA" RESOLUTION DRAFTED BY MOHANDAS K. GANDHI AND REJECTED BY THE ALL-INDIA CONGRESS WORKING COMMITTEE IN FAVOR OF THE MODIFIED VERSION SUBMITTED BY PANDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU.
April 27, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
April 27, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST TO THE NATION
April 28, 1942


Wheat Farming in Wartime

THE SHORTAGE OF STORAGE CAPACITY

By CLAUDE R. WICKARD, Secretary of Agriculture

Delivered before a meeting of farmers at Enid, Oklahoma, April 28, 1942. Broadcast over the Blue Network


MAY


JOSEPH STALIN'S ORDER OF THE DAY ON "MAY DAY"
May 1, 1942


Government in a Civilized State

POWER MACHINERY REPLACES THE SLAVE

By CLINTON H. CRANE, President, St. Joseph Lead Co., New York City

Delivered at the commencement exercises of the School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri, May 2, 1942


U.S. RESPONSE TO OCCUPATION OF MADAGASCAR BY THE BRITISH
May 4, 1942


"Advertising As a Symbol of Freedom"

THE ART OF PERSUASION LOOKS TO THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE INDIVIDUAL

By MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYSER, Journalist

Delivered before 28th Annual Convention of the National Association of Better Business Bureaus Pittsburgh, Pa., May 5 1942


Care of Children

THE DANGERS OF YOUTH MOVEMENTS

By A. A. BERLE, JR., Assistant Secretary of State

Delivered before the Eighth Pan American Child Congress, at the White House, May 6, 1942


The Spirit of '42

SALESMANSHIP AND FREE ENTERPRISE

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

Delivered before the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks, May 6, 1942


Appeal to the Colleges

OBLIGATIONS OF THE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE

By STRINGFELLOW BAAR, President, St. Johns College, Annapolis, Md.

Delivered Over the Network of the Columbia Broadcasting System, May 6, 1942


The American Canon

THE FOUNDATIONS OF PATRIOTISM

By DANIEL L. MARSH, President, Boston University

Delivered at dinner of the National Association of Mutual Savings, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, May 7, 1942


VICE PRESIDENT HENRY G. WALLACE'S ADDRESS BEFORE THE FREE WORLD ASSOCIATION
May 8, 1942


The Price of Free World Victory

THE CENTURY OF THE COMMON MAN

By HENRY A. WALLACE, Vice-President of the United States

Delivered at a dinner of the Free World Association, Hotel Commodore, New York City, May 8, 1942. Broadcast nationally by the Columbia Broadcasting System


VICHY VERSION OF TEXTS OF WEST INDIES NOTES and THE FRENCH REPLY
May 9, 1942.


The Road Ahead

THE POWER OF OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM

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

Delivered at a luncheon in his honor by the Republican Women of Greater New York, at Hotel Astor, May 9, 1942.  Broadcast on a nation-wide hookup by the Columbia Broadcasting System


The New Zealand Government in War and Peace

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REFORMS

By THE HONOURABLE WALTER NASH, Minister of New Zealand

Radio address delivered May 9, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST REPORT ON THE WAR
May 10, 1942


The Fifth Column of Civilization

THE DANGERS OF LUXURY AND COMFORT

By GEORGE BARTON CUTTEN, President Colgate University

Delivered at Colgate University Commencement, Sunday, May 10, 1942, as the last official address as Colgate's president.


Individualism, Christian and American

THE COMPLEXITY OF THE IDEA

By DR. ROLAND H. BAINTON, Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Yale University Divinity School

Baccalaureate Address delivered at the 82nd Annual Commencement Ceremonies of The Pennsylvania State College, State College, Pa., May 10, 1942


Isolation Policies and The League of Nations

CHOOSE LEADERS WITH PRINCIPLES NOT POLL WOBBLERS

By WENDELL WILLKIE, Presidential Candidate in 1940

Delivered at the 147th Commencement of Union College, May 11, 1942


Labor Unions in War Time

ELIMINATE COMMUNISTS, RACKETEERS AND TOTALITARIANS

By REV. DR. JOHN P. BOLAND, Chairman, New York State Labor Relations Board

Delivered at special war convention of the Building Service International Union, A, F. of L., Minneapolis, Minn., May 11, 1942


Tide of Cynicism is Definitely Ebbing

MORALE DETERMINES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MANPOWER

By JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.

Delivered at the opening of the USO Campaign, Chicago, May 11, 1942


The Future World Order

THE IDEAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS

By DOROTHY THOMPSON, Newspaper Columnist

Delivered at Forum on the Future World Order, Hotel Plaza, New York City, May 11, 1942


Our Heritage of Freedom

SYMBOLS OF FAITH

By LIEUTENANT GENERAL HENRY H. ARNOLD

Delivered at Dinner Inaugurating the Greater New York - USO - Joint War Appeal, Hotel Astor, May 11, 1942


American Youth and the War

EDUCATING OUR FUTURE OFFICERS

By JAMES B. CONANT, President Harvard University

Delivered at the opening session of the newly formed National Council for Books in Wartime, New York Times Hall, Tuesday, May 12, 1942


Plea to Rulers of Nations

EFFECT OF WAR ON FAMILY LIFE

By POPE PIUS XII

Delivered over radio to the world on the occasion of His Episcopal Jubilee, May 13, 1942


War Financing and the American Economy

FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN OUR DESTINY

By PAUL F. CADMAN, Economist for the American Bankers Association

Delivered at the Annual Convention of the New Jersey Bankers Association at Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 15, 1942


"Property Ownership and Human Relations"

EMPLOYER - EMPLOYEE COOPERATION

By ALBERT W. HAWKES, President, Congoleum-Nairn, Inc.

Delivered before the New Jersey Bankers Association at Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 15, 1942


Interdependency and Interrelationship of Common Man

A FIRM STRUCTURE MUST HAVE SOUND FOUNDATIONS

By ALBERT N. WILLIAMS, President, Western Union Telegraph Company

Delivered at the 117th commencement exercises at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., May 17, 1942


The Scholar, Scholarship, and the War

THE CAUSE OF TRUTH AND FREEDOM

By MAURICE BAUM, Professor of Philosophy, Kent State University

Scholarship Day Address, Kent State University, May 19, 1942


FIELD MARSHAL HERMANN GOERING'S SPEECH
May 20, 1942


The Limitations on Freedom in War

SOME FASCIST ECONOMICS NEEDED

By FORMER PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER

Delivered before the National Industrial Conference Board, New York City, May 20, 1942


The Japanese Evacuation

DEMOCRACY PROTECTS BASIC RIGHTS OF EVACUEES

By COLONEL KARL R. BENDETSEN, G. S. C.

United States Army Assistant Chief of Staff, Western Defense Command and Fourth Army

Delivered before the Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, May 20, 1942


Masters of Bigotry

TREASON AGAINST HUMAN RACE

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

Delivered before the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Washington, D. C., May 22, 1942


Old Wine in New Bottles

THE DEMOCRATIC WAY OF LIFE

By MARY LATIMER GAMBRELL, Ph.D., Department of History, Hunter College of the City of New York

Delivered at the commencement exercises of New Haven State Teachers College, May 22, 1942


Supporting and Competing Loyalties

THE BASIS OF HUMAN PROGRESS

By EDMUND EZRA DAY, President, Cornell University

Delivered at Commencement of Cornell University, May 25, 1942


Mass Production Economy

WHICH METHOD WILL WORK BEST?

By MILO PERKINS, Executive Director, Board of Economic Warfare

Before the Graduating Class of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, May 25, 1942


TWENTY-YEAR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
May 26, 1942


ADDRESS BY HIDEKI TOJO, PREMIER OF JAPAN, AT THE OPENING OF THE IMPERIAL DIET
Tokyo, May 27, 1942


A New Bill of Rights

ALL RIGHTS CARRY OBLIGATIONS

By CHARLES W. ELIOT, Director, National Resources Planning Board

Radio Statement "World Peaceways and CBS", Indianapolis, Ind., May 27, 1942


PRESIDENT MANUEL AVILA CAMACHO'S WAR MESSAGE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE MEXICAN CONGRESS
Mexico City, D. F. May 28, 1942


Fundamentals of Freedom

INITIATIVE AND ENTERPRISE PROTECT REAL SECURITY

By EUGENE E. WILSON, President, United Aircraft Corporation

Delivered at the Sixty-Second Annual Meeting of the Union League Club of Chicago, May 28, 1942


SUMNER WELLES, UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS AT THE ARLINGTON NATIONAL AMPHITHEATER
May 30, 1942


JUNE


DECLARATION OF WAR BY MEXICO ON GERMANY, ITALY AND JAPAN
June 1, 1942


RECOGNITION OF STATE OF WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF BULGARIA, HUNGARY, AND RUMANIA
June 2, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (LIBYAN OPERATIONS AND BOMBING OF GERMANY)
June 2, 1942


The American Plan to Prevent War

COMBINE WORLD NAVIES TO PRESERVE PEACE

By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President, Columbia University

Delivered at the 188th Commencement of Columbia University, June 2, 1942


Confidence Must Replace Fear

IMPORTANCE OF EFFICIENCY IN PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

By THURMAN W. ARNOLD, Assistant Attorney General of the United States

Before the Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago, Ill., June 3, 1942


Confidence in Family Physician

A REPRESENTATIVE OF INTERNATIONALISM

By WILLIAM ELLIOTT, President and Publisher of The State

Delivered at the Commencement Exercises of the Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, S. C., June 4, 1942


JOINT DECLARATIONS BY THE (U.S.) CONGRESS
June 5, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON THE USE OF POISON GAS
June 5, 1942


Equality of Sacrifice

OUR FUTURE LIVING STANDARDS

By LEON HENDERSON, Administrator, Office of Price Administration

Radio address delivered over Station WOL and the Mutual Network, June 5, 1942


"America in a War Economy"

CONTROL INFLATIONARY FACTORS NOW

By JAMES SCOTT KEMPER, President, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company of Chicago

Delivered before Bar Association of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tenn., June 5, 1942. Broadcast over Station WSOD (C.B.S.)


Mobilizing Our Manpower

LABOR'S CHARTER IN POST WAR WORLD

By WENDELL LUND, Director of Labor Production Division, War Production Board

Delivered at "Labor in the War" Conference, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., June 6, 1942


"The Meaning of Victory"

"IDEALISM NOT ENOUGH"

By EUGENE MEYER, Publisher of the Washington Post

Delivered at the Commencement Exercises of Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, N. Y., June 6, 1942


A Statement of Faith

"WHAT IS MAN THAT THOU ART MINDFUL OF HIM?"

By DR. JAMES B. CONANT, President, Harvard University

Baccalaureate Address, June 7, 1942


CONFERENCE ON FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
(A Declaration of the United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture, June 8, 1942


America Takes the Offensive

WHERE DO WE STAND?

By LIEUTENANT-GENERAL HENRY H. ARNOLD, Chief of United States Army Air Forces

Commencement address delivered at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, in celebration of Iowa-Wesley an College's Centennial Anniversary, June 8, 1942


China's Objectives

POLITICAL FREEDOM AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE

By DR. T. V. SOONG, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs

Delivered at Alumni Luncheon, Yale University, June 9, 1942


MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Washington, D.C., June 11, 1942


Pact Between England and Russia

MUTUAL AID IN WAR AND PEACE

By ANTHONY EDEN, Foreign Secretary

Statement delivered in the House of Commons, June 11, 1942


A Nation's Call to Duty

PRESERVE THE AMERICAN HOME

By J. EDGAR HOOVER, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Delivered at the Commencement Exercises, St. Johns University Law School, Brooklyn, N. Y., June 11, 1942


Electricity

A WEAPON OF DESTRUCTION AND A TOOL OF PEACE

By CHESTER H. LANG, Vice-President, General Electric Company

Delivered before the Annual Meeting of the Edison Electric Institute, Biltmore Hotel, New York City, Thursday, June 11, 1942


 

PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST TO THE NATION ON RUBBER
June 12, 1942


Who Seeks to Commit Us to World Revolution?

LEASE-LEND FINANCING A WORLD NEW DEAL

By MERWIN K. HART, President, New York State Economic Council

Delivered before County Men, an Organization of Native Born Citizens of Dutchess County, N. Y., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 12, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "FLAG DAY" ADDRESS
June 13, 1942


CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND MR. MOLOTOV
June 13, 1942


An America of Opportunity

DO NOT SUBSTITUTE POLITICAL POWER FOR ECONOMIC POWER

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

Baccalaureate Address delivered at Princeton University, June 14, 1942


The Preservation of the University

LEARNING DETERMINES COUNTRY'S PLACE IN HISTORY

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

Delivered at the Commencement Exercises of Stanford University, June 14, 1942


KING GEORGE II ADDRESSES THE U. S. CONGRESS
June 15, 1942.


The Challenge of Peace

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF MASS PRODUCTION

By ERIC A. JOHNSTON, President, Chamber of Commerce of the United States

Delivered before Baltimore Association of Commerce, June 15, 1942


What's Wrong with Congress?

THE RECORD IS CLEAR

By JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, United States Senator from Wyoming

Delivered over the Red Network, June 17, 1942


MOLOTOV'S REPORT ON RATIFICATION OF THE ANGLO-SOVIET TREATY TO THE SUPREME SOVIET OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
June 19, 1942


Federal-State Relationship

THE DANGERS OF CENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT

By FRANK M. DIXON, Governor of Alabama

Delivered at Governors' Conference, Asheville, N. C., June 21, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S MESSAGE TO JOSEPH STALIN ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE GERMAN ATTACK UPON THE SOVIET UNION
June 23, 1942.


Organized Labor and the Post-War World

COOPERATIVE ENTERPRISE OR COLLECTIVISM

By RAYMOND L. BUELL, Round Table Editor, Fortune Magazine

Before Massachusetts Federation of Labor, Annual Institute, North Andover, Mass., June 26, 1942


The Intellectual Battle

THE REVOLT OF MAN AGAINST HIMSELF

By ARCHIBALD MacLEISH, Director of the Office of Facts and Figures

Delivered before the American Library Association, Milwaukee, June 26, 1942


JOINT STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL AFTER CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D. C.
June 27, 1941


ROOSEVELT TO PETAIN REGARDING THE UNITED STATES LANDINGS IN NORTH AFRICA, NOVEMBER 8, 1942 AND REPLY.


F. D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON NORTH AFRICAN policy, November 17, 1942 (From: Department of State Bulletin, Vol VII, p.935)


JULY


A Call for Action

THE PRESIDENT'S SEVEN-POINT PROGRAM

By HAROLD D. SMITH, Director of the Bureau of the Budget

Delivered over the Mutual Broadcasting System, July 1, 1942


PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (and results of Vote of Censure)
July 2, 1942


The Battle for Egypt

THE DANGERS OF UNBRIDLED CRITICISM

By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Prime Minister of Great Britain

Most Important Passages of Speech in House of Commons, July 2, 1942

(As released for publication in the U.S.)


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S CABLEGRAM TO GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK ON THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK ON CHINA BY JAPAN
July 4, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "INDEPENDENCE DAY" STATEMENT
July 4, 1942


Building in War for Peace

PRINCIPLES OF THE LEND-LEASE PLAN

By DEAN ACHESON, Assistant Secretary of State

Before the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, July 6, 1942


Military Implications of German Geopolitics

THE GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERN OF THE WAR

By H. W. WEIGERT, Professor of International Relations, Trinity College

Delivered before the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., July 6, 1942


America Converts to a War Economy

THE PEOPLE'S WAR—THE PEOPLE'S PEACE

By SIR CLIVE BAILLIEU, British Representative on the Combined Raw Materials Board and Head, British Raw Materials Mission, Washington, D. C.

Delivered before the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., July 6, 1942


Manpower Problems and the War Effort

MOBILIZATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THE WAR EFFORT

By BRIGADIER GENERAL FRANK J. McSHERRY, Director of Operations, War Manpower Commission

Delivered before the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., July 7, 1942


The New Strategy-Nature of this War

THE EMERGING PATTERN OF MODERN WAR

By BRIGADIER G. K. BOURNE, British Joint Staff Mission, Washington, D. C.

Delivered before the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., July 8, 1942


World Population and World Resources

"THAT THE CHILDREN OF TOMORROW MAY BE FED"

By JOHN D. BLACK, Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Delivered at New England Conference on Tomorrow's Children, Harvard University, July 8, 1942


JOINT STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT AND THE KING OF GREECE
July 9, 1942


EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL AND PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ON AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR BRITISH RELIEF
July 9, 1942.


Inflation and Its Consequences

THE PEOPLE NOT INDUSTRY WILL PAY FOR WAGE INCREASES

By WALTER D. FULLER, Chairman of the Board of the National Association of Manufacturers

Radio address delivered over NBC Network, July 9, 1942


Wartime Relations with Britain

PROGRESSIVE THINKING AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

By PAUL H. APPLEBY, Under-Secretary of Agriculture

Delivered before the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, at Charlottesville, Va., July 10, 1942


Inside Germany

DECEIT AND TREACHERY OF NAZISM

By LOUIS LOCHNER, Foreign Correspondent, Chief of the Berlin Bureau of the Associated Press, 1928-41; reported campaigns in Poland, Holland, Belgium, France, Jugoslavia, Greece and Russia 1939-41

Delivered before the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., July 10, 1942


Public Opinion and the War

ATTITUDE TOWARD AMERICAN MASS PRODUCTION HAS CHANGED

By PAUL GARRETT, Chairman, Public Relations Committee, Automotive Council for War Production

Delivered at the Annual Meeting, Automotive Council for War Production, Detroit, Mich., July 10, 1942


Religion and Education as Keys to Family and Community Living

WARTIME RESTRICTIONS UNITE THE HOME

By THE REV. JOHN LaFARGE, S.J., Executive Editor, America

Delivered at the New England Conference on Tomorrow's Children, Harvard University, July 10, 1942


Organization of Power in the Post-War World

DESIGN FOR A PEOPLE'S PEACE

By FREDERICK L. SCHUMAN, Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.

Delivered before the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., July 11, 1942


JAPANESE PREMIER HIDEKI TOJO REMARKS IN CABINET MEETING
July 14, 1942


STATUS OF FRENCH SHIPS AT ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, SUMNER WELLES, UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE, IN PRESS CONFERENCE
July 14, 1942


Inflation and Federal Taxes

THE ATTITUDE OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC

By MARK EISNER, Member of the New York Bar and former Collector of Internal Revenue

Radio address delivered over the facilities of the Municipal Broadcasting System, WNYC., July 16, 1942


Synthetic Rubber

OUR PRESENT AGENCIES HAVE FUMBLED AND FAILED

By GUY M. GILLETTE, United States Senator from Iowa

Radio address over the Blue Network of the National Broadcasting Company, July 21, 1942


CORDELL HULL, SECRETARY OF STATE BROADCAST TO THE WORLD
Washington, D. C., July 23, 1942


Democracy—And the Common Man

THE QUALITY OF COMMON SENSE

By GEORGE GALLUP, Director, American Institute of Public Opinion

Radio Broadcast, July 24, 1942


SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS REVIEW OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ALL-INDIA CONGRESS
July 26, 1942


CORDELL HULL, SECRETARY OF STATE, STATUS OF AUSTRIA
July 27, 1942


JAPANESE PREMIER, HIDEKI TOJO'S BROADCAST ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE NATION'S TOTAL EFFORT IN THE PROSECUTION OF THE GREATER EAST ASIA WAR
Osaka, July 27, 1942


Can Local Government Survive?

FEDERAL TAXATION AND THE STATES

By HARLEY L. LUTZ, Professor of Public Finance, Princeton University

Delivered over Station WABC and C.B.S. Network, July 30, 1942


AUGUST


JAPANESE PREMIER, HIDEKI TOJO BROADCAST TO THE JAPANESE EMPIRE
Tokyo, August 5, 1942


SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS STATEMENT ON INDIA
London, August 5, 1942


WILHELMINA, QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS ADDRESS TO CONGRESS
August 5, 1942


Cargo Planes

ALL WAR REQUIREMENTS MUST BE IN BALANCE

By E. A. LOCKE, JR., Assistant to the Chairman, War Production Board

Delivered before the Maryland Academy of Sciences, Baltimore, Md., August 5, 1942


Democracy Our Most Precious Heritage

AN ANCIENT PARTNERSHIP REVIVED

By QUEEN WILHEMINA, of the Netherlands

Delivered before Congress of the United States, August 6, 1942


Message to Congress

VETO OF RUBBER PLAN

By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

August 6, 1942


MOHANDAS K. GANDHI'S SPEECH (EXCERPTS) TO THE ALL-INDIA CONGRESS
Bombay, August 7, 1942


Can Democracy Survive the War?

AMERICA'S ANSWER

By EDGAR EUGENE ROBINSON, Byrne Professor of American History, Stanford University

Delivered before The Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, August 7, 1942


STATEMENT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE SENTENCES OF EIGHT NAZI SABOTEURS LANDED BY SUBMARINE ON THE LONG ISLAND AND FLORIDA SHORES ON JUNE 13 AND 17, 1942
August 8, 1942.


The War Aims Are the Peace Terms

"BY THEIR ACTIONS, LET MEN SPEAK"

By HONORABLE FRANK C. WALKER, Postmaster General of the United States

Delivered at the States Dinner of the annual convention of the Knights of Columbus, Memphis, Tennessee, and broadcast over the Blue Network of the National Broadcasting Company, August 18, 1942


LEOPOLD S. AMERY, BRITISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA BROADCAST
London, August 9, 1942


ORDERS TO AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES IN INDIA
August 12, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MESSAGE TO CONGRESS (Regarding Panama)
August 13, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE ATLANTIC CHARTER
August 14, 1942


The Meat Emergency

ABUNDANCE YET SCARCITY

By ROY F. HENDRICKSON, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Administration

Delivered before the National Association of Retail Meat Dealers, Inc., Chicago, Ill., August 17, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "LABOR DAY" STATEMENT
August 19, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON PUNISHMENT OF WAR CRIMES
August 21, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S CABLEGRAM TO HIS EXCELLENCY GETULIO VARGAS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL, ON DECLARATION OF WAR ON GERMANY AND ITALY BY BRAZIL
August 25, 1942


A Permanent United Nations

THE PROSPECT FOR PERMANENCE

By AMOS J. PEASLEE, Lawyer

Delivered before the International Law Section of the American Bar Association, Detroit, Mich., August 25, 1942


Our Postwar Job

PRODUCTION AND EARNING POWER

By WHEELER McMILLEN, Editor-in-Chief of Farm Journal and Farmers Wife

Delivered before the North Eastern Poultry Producer's Council, New York City, August 26, 1942


The Heritage of Leadership

WITH ABUNDANCE WE SHALL HAVE FREEDOM

By FRANK E. MULLEN, Vice-President and General Manager, National Broadcasting Company

Delivered at the Annual Convention of Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, Chicago Towers Club, August 28, 1942


After the Price of War, the Price of Peace

SOVEREIGNTY IS WHAT WE MAKE IT

By ROBERT M. MacIVER, Department of Sociology, Columbia University

Delivered at Third Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion, New York City, August 29, 1942


FORMER UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR JOSEPH C. GREW RADIO BROADCAST FROM WASHINGTON
August 30, 1942


CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER BROADCAST PLEA FOR WINTER AID
August 30, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S DEDICATORY ADDRESS AT THE NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER, BETHESDA, MARYLAND
August 31, 1942


SEPTEMBER


Three Principles of the War

THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF POWER

By BISHOP MIGUEL DE ANDREA of Buenos Aires, Argentine

Delivered at a dinner for the sixteen Latin-American Delegates to the Inter-American Seminar, Chicago, Ill., September 2, 1942


Our Planes and Their Record

PROPAGANDA TO DESTROY CONFIDENCE

By HONORABLE JOHN J. McCLOY, Assistant Secretary of War

Delivered at Encampment Veterans of Foreign Wars, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 2, 1942


War and the Schools

HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CURRICULA

By JOHN W. STUDEBAKER, U. S. Commissioner of Education

Delivered over WMAL on the Washington Star Forum Program, September 2, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT BROADCAST TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSEMBLY
September 3, 1942


The Age of the Americas

THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF THE FEDERAL PRINCIPLE

By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER

Delivered at the Parrish Memorial Art Museum, Southampton, Long Island, September 6, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
September 7, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT BROADCAST TO THE NATION
September 7, 1943


Labor Faces the Challenge

SEVERE MEASURES MUST BE TAKEN TO PREVENT INFLATION

By WILLIAM GREEN, President, American Federation of Labor

Labor Day address delivered before an overflow audience in Vennylist Park, Omaha, Neb., and broadcast over the Blue Network, September 7, 1942


Molders of a Better Destiny

HISTORY'S OVER-ALL COURSE IS FORWARD

By DR. CHARLES M. A. STINE, Vice-President, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (Inc.), Advisor on Research and Development

Delivered before The American Chemical Society, Buffalo, N. Y., September 7, 1942


ANNOUNCEMENT OF A CONFERENCE BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN OFFICIALS IN LONDON
September 8, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL ADDRESSED THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN A REVIEW OF THE WAR
September 8, 1942


AMERICAN REPLY TO FRENCH PROTEST AGAINST BOMBINGS IN FRANCE
September 8, 1942


Price Control and the War

OUR FULL SHARE OF RESPONSIBILITY

By LEON HENDERSON, Administrator, Office of Price Administration

Delivered before the Research Institute of America and the Sales Executive Club of New York, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, and broadcast over National Broadcasting System, September 8, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S TRIBUTE TO THE LATE DUKE OF KENT
September 9, 1942


The Churchill-Stalin Conference

NEEDS OF OUR RUSSIAN ALLIES

By W. AVERELL HARRIMAN, President Roosevelt's Representative to Russia

Delivered at Russian War Relief Society Dinner, Hotel Commodore, New York City, September 9, 1942


The Last Hundred Years

THE FATE OF PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT

By RT. HON. ARTHUR MEIGHEN, Leader of Opposition in Dominion of Canada

Delivered on "The Hundredth Anniversary" of St. Mary's, Ontario, September 13, 1942


The Moral Challenge of Post-War Planning

THE FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS OF DEMOCRACY

By DR. HARRY GIDEONSE, President, Brooklyn College

Delivered over CBS Network, September 15, 1942


The Power of Truth

THE RADIO A VITAL FACTOR IN WAR

By ROBERT E. SHERWOOD, Director of the overseas branch of the Office of War Information

Delivered at dedication of new 100-kilowatt transmitter for WGEO, General Electric international short-wave radio broadcasting station, Schenectady, September 21, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE POLICY OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN INDIA
September 10, 1942


The Challenge to America

JAPAN IS A FORMIDABLE MILITARY AND ECONOMIC MACHINE

By THE HONORABLE JOSEPH C. GREW, former Ambassador to Japan

Delivered to the Remington Arms Company, Bridgeport, Conn., and broadcast by The National Broadcasting Company, September 14, 1942


Mexican Independence and New World Ideals

THREE MORE FREEDOMS

By HENRY A. WALLACE, Vice-President of the United States

Approximate English translation of address delivered in Spanish on the occasion of the celebration of Mexico's Independence Day at Los Angeles, Cal., September 16, 1942


Our Freedom and the Economics of It

PROTECTION FOR THE RIGHTS OF PERSON AND PROPERTY

By WALTER E. SPAHR, Professor of Economics, New York University

Delivered at the Braman Forum, Town Hall, September 16, 1942


Manpower for the Production Front

REPLACING DRAFTED EMPLOYEES

By RICHARD C. BROCKWAY, New York State Director, U. S. Employment Service

Delivered before the New York Chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Management, September 17, 1942


Moral Law Is the Only Sovereign

PEACE TO BE PERMANENT NEEDS PROTECTION

By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President, Columbia University Delivered at the Opening of the 189th Year of Columbia University, September 23, 1942


We Are Still Losing This War

SOME REALISM NEEDED

By RALPH A. BARD, Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Delivered before the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding sWorkers of America, New York City, September 24, 1942


JAPANESE PREMIER HIDEKI TOJO'S GRADUATION ADDRESS IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, MANCHUKUO
September 25, 1942


The Church and Social Life

STATE CONTROL OF CREDIT

By ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

Delivered at mass meeting held under the auspices of the Industrial Christian Fellowship, London, September 26, 1942


Are We Drafting a Larger Army Than We Can Supply?

CHAOTIC DRAFT SITUATION IMPERILLING PRODUCTION—ALLOCATION OF MEN

By DR. HARVEY N. DAVIS, President of Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J.

Delivered at Opening of 71st Year of the College, September 28, 1942


CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER'S ADDRESS AT THE OPENING OF THE WINTER RELIEF CAMPAIGN
Berlin, September 30, 1942


OCTOBER


The Double Challenge to the College

EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

By EVERETT CASE, President, Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y.

Delivered over the Columbia Broadcasting System, October 1, 1942


"Airplane and Battship"
Articles reprinted from The United States News of October 2 and 16, 1942.
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PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER PROVIDING FOR THE STABILIZING OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY
October 3, 1942


TWO LETTERS FROM PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TO LEON D. HENDERSON, ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION
October 3, 1942


LETTER FROM JOSEPH STALIN TO JOSEPH C. CASSIDY, ASSOCIATED PRESS REPRESENTATIVE
Moscow, October 3, 1942


Challenge to Democratic Institutions

SENIORITY AND SECTIONALISM

By HON. JOSEPH CLARK BALDWIN, Congressman from the 17th District, New York

Delivered at the Annual Forum of the Foreign Policy Association, New York City, October 3, 1942


The Senate's Share in Formulation of Foreign Policy

WE MUST HAVE A PEACE PLAN READY

By HON. WARREN R. AUSTIN, Senator of Vermont

Address delivered at the Annual Forum of the Foreign Policy Association, New York City, October 3, 1942


FIELD MARSHAL HERMANN GOERING'S BROADCAST (EXCERPTS)
Berlin, October 4, 1942


Wealth and the "Capitalistic System"

INFLATION A THREAT TO THE THRIFTY

By JAMES W. GERARD, Diplomat and Lawyer

Broadcast over WINS, October 4, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, MOBILIZATION OF COMMUNITY NEEDS
October 5, 1942


Trade and Friendship with Latin America

THEY ASK FOR SERVICE, NOT ADVICE

By DAVID E. GRANT, Foreign Counsel, Pan American Airways System

Delivered at the Fourteenth Boston Conference on Distribution, October 5, 1942


Distribution and Purchasing Power

CAN PRIVATE ENTERPRISE PROVIDE THE MECHANISM?

By LEO M. CHERNE, Executive Secretary, Research Institute of America

Delivered before Boston Conference on Distribution, October 6, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT OF WAR CRIMES
October 7, 194:


The Export-Import Bank and the War

MAINTAINING THE ESSENTIALS OF FOREIGN TRADE

By WARREN LEE PIERSON, President, Export-Import Bank of Washington

Delivered before the Twenty-ninth Convention of the National Foreign Trade Council, Inc., Boston, Mass., October 7, 1942


World's Future Economic Prosperity

ACCESS TO RAW MATERIALS AND TRADE

By HONORABLE SUMNER WELLES, Acting Secretary of State

Delivered at the World Trade Dinner of the 29th National Foreign Trade Convention, Boston, Mass. October 8, 1942, and Broadcast by the Blue Network


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST TO THE NATION
October 12, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL SPEECH AT EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
October 12, 1942


Taxes Now and Victory Sooner

INFLATION AND EQUITABLE TAXATION

By MARK EISNER, member of the New York Bar, former Collector of Internal Revenue

Delivered over the facilities of the Municipal Radio Station (WNYC), October 14, 1942


The War and Your Business

OUR SOCIAL ASPIRATIONS AND OUR ECONOMIC PROCEDURES

By MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYSER, Journalist

Delivered before the Washington Athletic Club, Seattle, Washington, October 14, 1942


The Realist Base of American Foreign Policy

RESERVE BANKING IN INTERNATIONAL FIELD

By A. A. BERLE, JR., Assistant Secretary of State

Delivered at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Alabama State Chamber of Commerce, Birmingham, Ala., October 15, 1942


The Effect of Modern Taxation on Real Estate Ownership

NEED FOR TAX INTEGRATION

By MYERS Y. COOPER, Former Governor of Ohio

Delivered before the Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Real Estate Association, Harrisburg, Pa., October 15, 1942


"Detroit Tools for War"

CAPACITY AND INGENUITY TO PRODUCE

By ELMER A. CLARK, Vice-President, Budd Wheel Company; Member, Board of Directors of Automotive Council for War Production

Delivered at War Production Conference, American Society of Tool Engineers, Springfield, Mass., October 17, 1942


"Facing the New Pacific"

COLLECTIVE SECURITY ONLY GUARANTY AGAINST AGGRESSION

By HON. WALTER NASH, Minister of New Zealand

Delivered before the Foreign Policy Association, Boston, Mass., October 17, 1942


After Peace: Competition Or Cooperation?

THE POST-WAR STRUGGLE FOR POWER

By COLBY DORR DAM, Psychologist, Editor, Economist

Delivered before the National Womans' Party, Washington, D. C., October 18, 1942


Freezing the Press

FREEDOM OF SPEECH BUT NOT FREEDOM TO SPEAK

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

Delivered at the Fourth Accounting Institute Banquet, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City, October 20, 1942


MARSHAL JAN CHRISTIAAN SMUTS'S ADDRESS BEFORE MEMBERS OF THE TWO HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
October 21, 1942


A War of Spirit

"OUR COMMONWEALTH STANDS UNSHAKEN"

By JAN CHRISTIAAN SMUTS, Premier of South Africa

Delivered to the Joint Session of the British Houses of Parliament, October 21, 1942


"The Third Component"

LEADERSHIP THAT INSPIRES CONFIDENCE

By HUGO A. BEDAU, San Francisco Sales Manager, Marchant Calculating Machine Co.

Delivered before the Conference of The Pacific Coast Electrical Association Annual Meeting Fresno, Cal., October 23, 1942


Our Reservoir of World Respect and Hope

DELIVER THE MATERIALS OF WAR—DEFINE OUR PEACE AIMS

By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Republican Presidential Candidate—1940

Delivered over the radio, October 26, 1942


New Zealand and the War

BEVERIDGE HAS A PLAN, WE HAVE THE ACTUALITY

By HON. WALTER NASH, Minister of New Zealand

Delivered before the Bond Club, New York City, October 27, 1942


Medicine and the New Order

REVOLUTION OR EVOLUTION?

By G. W. COTTIS, M.D., President, Medical Society of the State of New York

Delivered before the Second District Branch Medical Society, Garden City, L. I., October 28, 1942


Censorship an Evil of War

DEALS WITH FACTUAL INFORMATION NOT OPINION

By BYRON PRICE, Director of Censorship

Delivered at the New York Times forum on "News Dissemination in Wartime," and broadcast over Station WMCA, October 28, 1942


GANDHI'S LATEST MESSAGE TO AMERICA
October 31, 1942


NOVEMBER


TEXT OF SOVIET INVASION DECREE
Moscow, November 1, 1942


A Personal Creed for War Time

FAITH IN ESSENTIAL RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE CAUSE

By J. HILLIS MILLER, Associate Commissioner, State Education Department, Albany, N. Y.

Delivered at the Town Meeting of the Air, Schenectady, N. Y., November 1, 1942


The Instrument for Leadership

THE COLLEGE HAS THREE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS

By WALTER A. LUNDEN, President, Gustavus Adolphus College

Inaugural Address, November 4, 1942


Selling the Private Enterprise System

BUSINESS NEEDS TO STUDY PUBLIC RELATIONS

By JAMES P. SELVAGE, Public Relations Counsel, Lee & Selvage, New York City

Delivered before the Advertising Club of Worcester, Mass., November 4, 1942


The Future of Free Enterprise

THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP PRODUCTIVE ABILITIES

By WALTER B. FRENCH, Deputy Manager of the American Bankers Association, New York City

Delivered before the Jersey City Kiwanis Club, Jersey City, N. J., November 5, 1942


MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TO MIKHAIL KALININ, PRESIDENT, PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME SOVIET OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Washington, November 6, 1942


JOSEPH STALIN, PREMIER OF THE U.S.S.R. REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Moscow, November 6, 1942


JOSEPH STALIN, PREMIER OF THE U.S.S.R. ORDER OF THE DAY
Moscow, November 7, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF A SECOND FRONT IN FRENCH NORTH AND WEST AFRICA
Washington, November 7, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE
Washington, D. C., November 7, 1942


LIEUT. GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER'S PROCLAMATION TO THE FRENCH (English Translation)
Washington, D. C., November 7, 1942


CORDELL HULL, SECRETARY OF STATE STATEMENT COVERING BACKGROUND OF FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS SINCE MAY, 1940
Washington, D. C., November 8, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MESSAGE TO MARSHAL HENRI PETAIN
Washington, D. C., November 8, 1942


MARSHAL HENRI PETAIN'S REPLY TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S NOTE OF NOVEMBER 8, 1942
White House news release.


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO GENERAL FRANCISCO FRANCO BAHAMONDE, HEAD OF THE SPANISH STATE
Washington, D. C., November 8, 1942


VICE-PRESIDENT HENRY C. WALLACE ADDRESS BEFORE CONGRESS OF AMERICAN SOVIET FRIENDSHIP
New York, November 8, 1942


CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER SPEECH ON THE 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE "BEER HALL PUTSCH"
Munich, November 8, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO HIS HIGHNESS SIDI MONCEF PACHA BEY OF TUNIS
Washington, D.C., November 9, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO ADMIRAL JEAN PIERRE ESTEVA, RESIDENT GENERAL AT TUNIS, NORTH AFRICA
Washington, D. C., November 9, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT UPON TERMINATION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE VICHY GOVERNMENT
Washington, D. C., November 9, 1942


HIS MAJESTY, KING GEORGE VI SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT
London, November 10, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL SPEECH AT THE MANSION HOUSE
London, November 10, 1942


CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER'S APPEAL TO THE FRENCH ON THE ENTRY OF GERMAN TROOPS INTO UNOCCUPIED FRANCE
November 10, 1942


The Menace of Japan

"POTENTIALLY THE STRONGEST POWER IN THE WORLD"

By THE HONORABLE JOSEPH C. GREW, Former Ambassador to Japan

Delivered Before the Academy of Political Science, New York City, November 10, 1942


CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER'S LETTER TO MARSHAL PETAIN ANNOUNCING COMPLETE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF FRANCE
November 11, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "ARMISTICE DAY" ADDRESS
Arlington National Cemetery, November 11, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
November 11, 1942


The Struggle is for Survival

THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING AND PERSONNEL

By LIEUTENANT GENERAL LESLEY J. McNAIR, U. S. ARMY, Commanding General, Army Ground Forces

Armistice Day Address to Troops of the Army Ground Forces, Over Blue Network from Washington, D. C., November 11, 1942


Let It Be Victory, Not Armistice

THE NEED FOR UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING

By STEPHEN F. CHADWICK, Former National Commander of the American Legion

Delivered before Seattle Rotary Club, November 11, 1942


Air Transport, Today and Tomorrow

EVERY TOWN A PORT OF CALL

By V. P. CONROY, Vice President of traffic, Transcontinental & Western Air Lines, Inc.

Delivered before student body of Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, November 12, 1942


LETTER FROM JOSEPH STALIN, PREMIER OF THE U.S.S.R., TO HENRY CASSIDY, ASSOCIATED PRESS REPRESENTATIVE
Moscow, November 13, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESS ON THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES
November 15, 1942


The American Way

PESSIMISM FOR POST WAR ERA ASSAILED

By HENRY J. KAISER, Industrialist

Delivered before the New York Herald-Tribune Forum, New York City, November 16, 1942


Workers' Post-War Responsibility

LABOR TO HELP BUILD A LASTING PEACE

By ROBERT J. WATT, International Representative of the American Federation of Labor

Delivered at session on "Responsibility of Labor for Economic Stability in the Post-War World," New York City, November 16, 1942


Labor-Management Dealing

ONLY COMPLETE HARMONY CAN ACHIEVE WORLD ECONOMIC FREEDOM

By WILLIAM MARTIN JEFFERS, National Rubber Director

Delivered before the New York Herald-Tribune Forum, News York City, November 16, 1942


The Democratic Nations of Central-Eastern Europe

PROBLEMS FACED BY CONQUERED NATIONS

By DR. HENRYK STRASBURGER, Polish Minister of Finance

Delivered at the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, Pa., November 16, 1942


Basis for Rebuilt World

DANGERS OF PLANNING ON GLOBAL SCALE

By SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS, Leader of the House of Commons

Broadcast from England to the New York Herald-Tribune Forum, New York City, November 16, 1942


F. D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON NORTH AFRICAN policy, November 17, 1942 (From: Department of State Bulletin, Vol VII, p.935)


GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK MESSAGE TO THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE FORUM ON CURRENT PROBLEMS
November 17, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESS TO THE CLOSING SESSION OF THE NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE FORUM ON CURRENT PROBLEMS
November 17, 1942


The Free World

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FOUR FREEDOMS

By HONORABLE SUMNER WELLES, Under Secretary of State

Delivered before the New York Herald-Tribune Forum, New York City, November 17, 1942


Accord Needed Now

MERE DECLARATIONS OF POLICY CANNOT FILL NEED

By WENDELL L. WILLKIE, Republican Presidential Candidate—1940

Delivered before the New York Herald-Tribune Forum, New York City, November 17, 1942


ADMIRAL JEAN DARLAN'S ADDRESS TO ALL FRENCH AT HOME AND ABROAD
Algiers, North Africa, November 20, 1942


SABURO KURUSU, FORMER SPECIAL AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES
Tokyo, November 26, 1942


CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER'S LETTER TO MARSHAL PETAIN ANNOUNCING DECISION TO OCCUPY TOULON
November 27, 1942


The Soul of France

HUMILIATION TURNS TO GLORY

By JOHN W. VANDERCOOK, News Commentator

Broadcast over N.B.C., November 27, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL BROADCAST
November 29, 1942


DECEMBER


BENITO MUSSOLINI, PREMIER OF ITALY SPEECH TO THE CHAMBER OF FASCI AND CORPORATIONS
Rome, December 2, 1942


Prospective Agricultural Production

EFFICIENCY AT HOME AND FIGHTING EFFICIENCY OF THE ALLIES IMPERILED

By HATTON W. SUMNERS, Congressman from Texas

Delivered in House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., December 2, 1942


World Order Based on Human Rights

CANADA'S CO-OPERATION IN WAR AND PEACE

By PRIME MINISTER W. L. MacKENZIE KING of Canada

Delivered before the Pilgrims of the United States at the Hotel Plaza, New York City, December 2, 1942


The Democracy For Which We Fight

NO MISUSE OF POWER BY GOVERNMENT, CORPORATIONS OR LABOR UNIONS

By FRANCIS BIDDLE, Attorney General of the United States William H. White Foundation Lecture, Delivered at the University of Virginia,

Charlottesville, Virginia, December 4, 1942


The Post-War America That America Does Not Want

A FAIR TRADE ACT NEEDED FOR IDEAS

By DR. RUTH ALEXANDER, Economist and Lecturer

Delivered at the War Congress of American Industry, under auspices of National Association of Manufacturers, Waldorf-Astoria, New York, December 4, 1942


Economic Stabilization—A Management View

THE PEOPLE WILL DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT

By T. F. JOYCE, Vice President R.C.A. Manufacturing Co.

Delivered before the Society for the Advancement of Management, New York City, December 4, 1942


Spiritual Issues of the War

EDUCATE THE POLITICIANS

By CHARLES P. TAFT, Assistant Director, ODHWS

Delivered at annual meeting of the Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, December 4, 1942


STATEMENT BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT ON THE ATTACK AT PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 7, 1941
Washington, D. C., December 5, 1942


Eternal Vigilance Is the Price of Liberty

DEFEND OUR FIGHTING MEN'S BIRTHRIGHTS ON THE HOME FRONT

By ROANE WARING, National Commander of the American Legion

Delivered before the families of "Freeport Fighting Men" under the auspices of the William Clinton Story Post 343 of The American Legion, Freeport, N. Y., December 5, 1942


PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL SPEECH AT BRADFORD TOWN HALL
Bradford, England, December 6, 1942


Our Foreign Policy

HAS IT PROVED TO BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO AMERICAN CITIZENS?

By SUMNER WELLES, Under Secretary of State

Delivered at the Dedication of the Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial at Historic St. Paul's Church, Eastchester, Mount Vernon, New York, December 6, 1942, Broadcast by National Broadcasting Company


A National Will

WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY FAST

By GEORGE T. HUNT, Head of the History Department, Cleveland College of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Delivered at a University Convocation, December 7, 1942


GENERALISSIMO FRANCISCO FRANCO'S SPEECH TO FALANGIST PARTY COUNCIL PRAISING GERMAN, ITALIAN, AND SPANISH FASCISM
Madrid, December 8, 1942


What Negroes Are Fighting For

"WE LOVE HONOR MORE THAN WE FEAR DEATH"

By NICK AARON FORD, Professor of English, Langston University, Langston, Okla.

Delivered before a special assembly of students and teachers of Langston University, in commemoration of Pearl Harbor Day, December 8, 1942


It's Your Ship

WE WANT LEADERS WHO TRUST US

By GEORGE ROMNEY, Managing Director, Automotive Council for War Production

Delivered at the annual meeting of The Mortgage Bankers Association, Detroit, Mich., December 10, 1942


Crossroads Democracy

CONCENTRATION OF POWER IS DANGEROUS

By FRANK M. DIXON, Governor of Alabama

Delivered before The Southern Society of New York, and broadcast over WABC, December 11, 1942


A New Approach to Peace

AVOID THE WHIRLPOOL OF INTRIGUE

By HERBERT HOOVER, Former President of the United States

Delivered before the Executive Club of Chicago, December 16, 1942


The Place of the Humanities in a World of War

"FEEL JUSTLY"—"THINK CLEARLY"

By DR. JOHN W. DODDS, Dean of the School of Humanities, Stanford University

Delivered before the Western College Association, Los Angeles, Cal., December 19, 1942


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
December 24, 1942


International Relations and Internal Order

FUNDAMENTAL POINTS FOR ORDER AND PACIFICATION OF HUMAN SOCIETY

By POPE PIUS XII

Official Translation of Christmas Address broadcast over the Vatican Radio Station HUJ, December 24, 1942 as recorded and transcribed by the New York Times


The Achievements of the Empire

PROBLEMS AHEAD LIGHTENED BY HELP OF UNITED STATES

By KING GEORGE VI

Christmas Broadcast to the British Empire, London, December 25, 1942


Science, Common Sense and Decency

SCIENTIFIC METHODS CANNOT CONTROL HUMAN AFFAIRS

By IRVING LANGMUIR, Associate Director, General Electric Research Laboratories, Retiring President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Delivered on Science Service's "Adventures in Science" over the Columbia Broadcasting System, December 26, 1942


VICE PRESIDENT HENRY A. WALLACE ADDRESS ON WOODROW WILSON'S BIRTHDAY
Washington, D. C., December 28, 1942


Labor and Economic Construction After the War

GOODS CANNOT BE SOLD WITHOUT BUYERS

By RT. REV. JOHN A. RYAN, D.D., Director, Social Action Department, National Catholic Welfare Conference, Washington, D. C.

Delivered at the Annual Convention of the American Catholic Sociological Society, Cleveland, December 29, 1942