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has to the people of the United
States in the past few months. This
perception of danger has come to
us clearly and overwhelmingly; and
We perceive the peril in a world
wide arena-an arena which may
become so narrowed that only the
Americas would retain the ancient
faiths.
Some indeed still hold to the now
obvious delusion that we of the
United States can safely permit the
United States to become a lone
island in world dominated by the
philosophy of force.
Helpless Nightmare.
Such an island may be the dream
of those who still talk and vote
as isolationists. Such an island
represents to me and to the over
whelming majority of Americans to-
day helpless nightmare of people
without freedom, people lodged in
prison, handcuffed, hungry, and fed
through the bars from day to day
by the contemptuous, IMPLYING mas
ters of other continents.
1t is natural also that we should
ask ourselves how now we can pre-
vent the building of that prison and
the placing of ourselves in the midst
of it.
Let us not hesitate-all of us-to
proclaim certain truths. Over
whelmingly we, as Nation, and this
applies to all the other American
Nations, are convinced that military
and naval victory for the gods of
force and hate would endanger the
institutions of democracy in the
Western World-and that equally,
therefore. the whole of our SYM
pathies lie with those nations which
are giving their life blood in combat
against those forces.
The people and Government of
the United States have seen with
the utmost regret and with grave
dlSquiet the decision of the Italian
Government to engage in the hos
tilities now raging in Europe.
More than three months ago the
chief of the Italian government
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Chief Executives bluntly worded
pronouncement was varied. The
Associated Press reported the fol-
lowing:
Senator Minton, Democrat. of
Indiana said. He certainly reflects
the sentiments of the country, and
I know he reflects my views. I am
going to support his program 100
per cent"
Senator Wheeler, Democrat. of
Montana, prospective presidential
nominee, said soberly, Il agree with
what he said about preserving
democracy in this country and with
what he said about Mussolini. I
would have liked it better if he had
added that he was going to keep
this country out of war"
Adams Is Dubious.
Senator Adams, Democrat, Of
Colorado said wise corrolary" to
the Monroe Doctrine would be "the
Doctrine that we should not inter-
fere with the affairs of Europe" !"
I'VE are entitled to our SYM
pathies," Senator Adams said, but
I don't think we want to throw away
the lives of hundreds of thousands
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in order that we ourselves in the
Americas may have equipment and
training equal to the task of any
emergency and every defense"
"All roads leading to the accom-
plishment of these objectives must
be kept clear of distractions. We
will not slow down or detour. Signs
and signals call for speed-full
speed ahead"
Isolation a "DelusiOn."
Continued isolation, the President
declared, is "a somewhat obvious
delusion dream help
less nightmare of a people without
freedom, q people lodged in prison,
handcuffed, hungry and fed through
the bars from day to day by the
contemptuous, Implying masters of
other continents"
In more detail than ever before
had been made public, Mr.. Roose-
welt recounted his continuing efforts
to keep Italy at peace
Il offered" he said. ITO send to
VIZ 6oNSl VI dIlCC dIlu VI
Great Britain such specific indica-
tions of the desires of Italy to obtain
readjustments with regard to her
position as the chief of the Italian
government might desire to transmit
through me. I proposed that If
Italy would refrain from entering
the war I would be willing to ask
assurances from the other powers
concerned that they would faithfully
execute any agreement so reached
and that Italy's voice in any future
peace conference would have the
same authority as If Italy had ac-
tually taken part in the war as a
belhgerent."
Made Another Offer.
Again, he said, he offered to CO.
operate with Fascist Italy when op-
portunity presented to seek q more
stable world order, accomplish a re-
duction of armaments and assure all
nations equality of opportunity in
the worlds markets and access to
raw materials.
1t is unfortunate for all humanity,
he added, that the Italian govern
ment has seen fit to adopt the
policies of war.
Not Unexpectedly, reaction to the
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asserted the hand that holds
the dagger has struck it into the
back Of its neighbor.' - The pro-
gram called for by President Roose-
velt with full speed ahead will
have to include compulsory military
training and a brake on excess
profits accruing from the filling Of
Government orders. 1t remains to
fill in the details of the Nationwide
program Of universal service which
Is implicit in Mr.. Roosevelt's ad-
dress. The country Is ready for such
program"
Newark Star-Ledger Gndepend-
enD: 1.-The position of the United
States has been stated clearly by
President Roosevelt. Musso-
linis intervention in the war on the
side of Adolf Hitler threatens the
United States with encirclement by
hostile powers. President Roosevelt
Is not unduly alarmed. '''
with hostile dictators threaten
ing to dominate all Europe and Asia,
with their agents stirring up anti
American agitation in Mexico. Gen.
trail and South America and with
fifth columnists opposing our ma
tional defense program, democracy
faces certain encirclement unless the
forces of national unity are on the
alert"
Los Angeles Times (Republican)
Precisely how the opponents of
force'-obviously France and Britain
Are to be helped any more than
they are being helped at present
the President did not say His ad-
dress missed being an important
announcement by his lack of preci-
sion, for 1t contained nothing new on
the point. If there was i'm
portance in the speech, it lay in the
frankness with which the head of a
neutral, or at least non-belligerent
nation, criticized the actions of a
government with which, however we
resent its actions, we are at peace.
''' We have already made our ma
terial resources available to the Allies
as much as, and perhaps more than,
our law permits. What else does the
President propose to do?"
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Comment on Roosevelt Talk
Several Editorials Soy 1t Reflects U.S..
Sentiment, Others Call Speech PeriIous

Democratic) "Mr. Roosevelt should
have made his speech to Congress.
'' He declared the policy of non-
belligerent cooperation with the
Allies which was implicit in his de-
cision last week to make war mate
rials owned by the Government
available to them. This is a definite
departure from the national policy
laid down in the Neutrality Act
Such a departure should be pre-
sented to the Congress for two rea-
sons: First, the spirit of the Consti-
tuition requires it. - Second, the
new policy declared by the Presi-
dent cannot be enforced with the
vigor which is imperative - un-
less the Congress shall be in accord
with the President and prepared to
make such changes in the law as
may be required
Detroit Free Press independently !:
"The American people want pre-
paredness as preventive of war.
not as provocation for one. In the
hllllabaloo at Washington this single
fundamental fact seems rapidly be-
ing forgotten. Mr.. Roosevelt forgot
ALL about it in his angry address
at Charlottesville last night. The
people have consented without pro-
test to the spending of many billions
in the belief that they are investing
their money in an insurance policy
They have not agreed that it shall
be tossed into a gigantic gamble on
the turn of the dice in Europe
Des Moines. Iowa, Register: THE
Register believes that President
Roosevelt has decided it (the matter
OF aiding the Allies in the way that
the vast majority of Americans
wanted it decided We shall be
lucky-mighty lucky-if even this
prevents a disastrous Allied collapse
in the near future"
Minneapolis Morning Tribune Gn-
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BY the Associated Press.

oS inc hSSoCldteQ fTeSS.
Editorial comment on the address
Of President Roosevelt at the Uni
versity of Virginia commencement.
in which he said that the United
States would extend its material re-
sources Ito the opponents Of force"
included:
Cleveland Plain Dealer Gnde-
pendent Democratic) "Mussolini has
bas brought home to the American
people the danger that threatens
all free people. He has done much
to shatter the remnants OF what the
President called the now obvious
delusion that we of the United
States can safely permit the United
States to become lone island in
world dominated by the philosophy
of force With Hitler and Mussolini
spurning the ways of civilization, no
such islands can exist. The people,
more than ever. will back the Presi-
dent in giving aid to thos. en-
battled nations which are carrying
on our fight
Louisville Courier Journal dnde-
pendnet Democratic) Mr.. Roosevelt
was in a realistic mood >. His
words were precise; his meaning un-
mistakable. We are going to help
the Allies with everything that We
have, for the simple and sure reason
that the future of our people is at
stake"
Pittsburgh Post Gazette (Repub-
lican: This tspeech) may not be
neutrality in strict sense, but the
fact is the overwhelming majority
in this country supports the Presi-
dents position fully
Hartford COurant (Republican) :
Perhaps the President will be able
to steer the Nation on a course that
will enable it to give full material
aid to the Allies without being
finally obliged to give it's men as
well. Yet once neutrality is aban-
doned, few rules are left to guide
either the nation that has given it
up or the nations against which
nom -belligerency is directed. The
road that the President has pointed
is tortuous and unmarked; it runs
into shadows and the end cannot
be deserted"
The Baltimore Sun Gndependent
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dependent Republican, If Mr..
Roosevelt spoke too bluntly, If he as
sumed too much, If he miscalculated
the country's state Of mind, he will
no doubt be disillusioned by Con-
gress. But we suspect that his ad-
dress did little more than give ofii-
cial utterance to what the Nation
thinks and feels under the lengthen-
ing shadow Of Europe's great catas-
trophe."
Providence Journal Gndependent)
"The President abandoned with dra-
matte suddenness the policy OF neu-
tralty for one of on-belligerency.
But what is to be the Official course
Of the United States Government in
the immediate future is difiicult to
foresee. The Presidents pronounce
ment appears to be wholly incon-
sistent with his proclamation of neu-
trality and with the spirit of the So
called Neutrality Act of Congress.
Boston Herald ORepublican) !:
'"The President said We still insist
on the need for vast improvement
IN our own social and economic
life. But = social and economic
betterment is not founded on un-
considerable appropriations, unin-
terrupted deficits and a monu-
mental national debt. The effort,
courage, sacrifice, devotion for
which he called In his eloquent ad-
dress will be: more readily forth
coming, more enthusiastic. II he
himself will have the courage to
sacrifice some Of the reforms which
he initiated in a period OF peace"
New Orleans States tDemocratic)
." President Roosevelt expressed
the sentiment of all lovers of lib
erty and freedom when he said in
his speech at Charlottesville last
night that the United States should
extend its material resources to the
opponents of force The Amer
lean people now realize more than
ever that the democracies of the
world can no longer ignore the
stern reality that they are faced
with dissolution unless means are
taken at once to curb the onward
rush Of dictator nations"
Richmond Times Dispatch inde-
pendent: President Roosevelt's S
manifest sympathy for the Allies
was eloquently expressed yesterday
at the University of Virginia COM
mencement and his appeal to
Americans for a demonstration of
effort, courage. sacrifice and de-
votion,' was timely and appropriate
However, his address seemed hardly
as important as advance an
nouncements indicated it would be. ,
The Memphis Commercial Appeal
independent Democratic): "Presi-
dent Roosevelt undoubtedly had the
approval of the vast majority of the
people when he pledged assistance
TO opponents of force The
Presidents speeched showed we'll
considered judgment. Indignation
was there. of course, but it was mild
compared to the expressions heard
on every hand. - What form the
assistance he pledged will take is
our greatest concern. If we read
his speech Alright, the determination
is there to meet the problem real
istically."
Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times Cinde-
pendent-Democratic): "Mr. Roose-
velt understated the case when he
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sent me word that because of the
determination OF Italy to limit, so
far as might be possible, the spread
of the European conflict, more than
200 600 900 of people in the region
of the Mediterranean had been en-
abled to escape the suffering and
the devastation of war.
Met With Sympathy.
I informed the chief of the Italian
government that this desire on the
part of Italy to prevent the war
from spreading met with sympathy
and response on the part of the
Government and the people of the
United States, and I expressed the
earnest hope of this Government
that this policy on the part of Italy
might be continued. made it clear
that in the opinion of the Govern
ment of the United States any ex-
tension of the hostilities in the
region of the Mediterranean might
result in still greater enlargement
of the scene of the conflict in the
Near East and in Africa and that
II this came to pass no one could
foreten how much greater the ex-
tension Of the war might eventu-
ally become.
Again upon subsequent occa-
sion, recognizing that certain aspir-
ations of Italy might form the basis
of discussions between the powers
most specifically concerned, I Of
fered, in a message addressed to
the chief of the Italian government,
to send to the governments of
France and of Great Britain such
specific indications of the desires
of Italy to obtain readjustments
with regard to her position as the
chief Of the Italian government
might desire to transmit through
me. While making it clear that
the Government of the United
States in such event could not and
would not assume responsibility for
the nature of the proposals SUBJ
mitted nor for agreements which
might thereafter be reached, I pro-
posed that if Italy would refrain
from entering the war I would be
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of boys into the settlement OF Euro
pean difficulties"
Chairman Pittman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee de-
clared:.
Il think it was a very eloquent
and appealing address. It was the
strongest condemnation of the rule
of force and at the same time an ex-
preston of determination to main
tain democracy"
Saying that he approved of the
Presidents speech most heartily"
Senator King, Democrat, of Utah
stated that he would introduce a bill
today to modify the johnson Act to
permit loans to countries with un-
paid debts to the United States, but
barring Italy from such loans.
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willing to ask assurances from the
other powers concerned that they
would faithfully execute any agree
ment so reached and that Italy's
voice in any future peace confer
ence would have the same authority
as II Italy had actually taken part
in the war as belligerent.
Unfortunately, to the regret of all
OF us, and the regret of humanity
the chief Of the italian government
was unwilling to accept the pro-
cedure suggested, and he has made
no counter-proposal.
Willingness to Cooperate.
The efforts of this government
have been directed to doing what it
could to work for the preservation
of peace in the Mediterranean area.
and it likewise expressed its wiling
ness to endeavor to cooperate with
the government of Italy when the
appropriate occasion arose for the
creation of q stable world order.
through the reduction of ornaments
and through the construction Of a
more liberal international economic
system which would assure to all
powers equality of opportunity in
the worlds markets and in the Sc
curing of raw materials on equal
terms.
I have likewise, of course, felt it
necessary in my communications to
Signor Mussolini to express the con-
Germ of the Government of the
United States because of the fact
that any extension of the war In
the region of the Mediterranean
would inevitably result in great pre-
judice to the ways of life and gov
ernment and to the trade and COM
merce OF all of the American re-
publics.
The government of Italy has
now chosen to preserve what it
terms its freedom OF action" and
to fulfill what it states are its PROM
ises to Germany. In so doing it
has manifested disregard for the
rights and security Of other nations,
for the lives Of the peoples of those
nations which are directly threat
ened by this spread of the war; and
has evidenced it's unwillingness to
find the means through pacific ne
gotiations for the satisfaction Of
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sequel to Mr.. Roosevelt's declaration
that the United Statse would ex-
tend its material resources to the
Allies.
kilograms Approve Speech.
Mr.. Early said that kilograms of
approval of Mr.. Roosevelts address
yesterday are pouring into the
White House in unprecedented vol
ume. More than a thousand had
been received by 10 o'clock last
night. he said, and telegraph IA
cilities at the White House were
inadequate to handle the rush. The
messages are virtually unanimous in
support of the Presidents expressed
sentiments, Mr.. Early said.
Mr.. Roosevelt planned rela-
lively quiet day today with only
three callers scheduled. Among
them was Louis Renault, French
automobile manufacturer.
Bitterly, in his address to the
graduating class at the University
of Virginia, Mr.. Roosevelt con-
demned the manifest disregard of
the Italian government for the
rights and security of other ma
tions its unWillingness to
find the means through pacific nego-
tiations for the satisfaction of what
it believes are its legitimate aspira-
tions."
His feeling reached a climax, how
ever, in departure from his pre-
pared text to charge that ION this
10th day of June, 1910, the hand
that held the dagger has struck it in
the back of its neighbor"
In solemn tone he cautioned his
lsteners-not only the few thou
sand before him at Charlottesville,
but millions more at radio receivers
throughout the world-that there
should be no hesitation now in pro-
claiming certain truths.
Endangers Democracy.
overwhelmingly we, as a Ma
ton, and this applies to all other
American nations, are convinced
that military and naval victory for
the gods of force and hate would
endanger the institutions of de-
mocracy in the Western World
and that equally, therefore, the
whole of our sympathies lie with
those nations which are giving
their life blood in combat against
those forces"
That this sympathy will be more
than nominal was made clear later
"In our unity, in our American
unity" he went on, 1--WE will pursue
two obvious and simultaneous
courses: We will extend to the op-
ponents of force the material re-
sources of this Nation and. at the
same time. we will harness and
speed up the use Of those resources
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06

Italy has just ascertained that its natural resources of anthra- cite and Ignite in the Arsa and Sulcis Basins total 392, 100000 tons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
Slapped" Officials
 Reiterate Charges
Aldermen Kingston Names UnpIOwed Streets; Alder
 s man Walker Again Claims Bridge a Menace

Alderman George L. Kingston, Republican, renewed his attack on the street departments snow re- noval work, charging that scores of streets are still unplowed and in dangerous condition. "Only for the thaw yesterday and today" he declared, "even the main streets would be almost impossible"
 At the same time, Alderman Burton H. Walker, Republican, re- iterated his allegation that the Baldwin street brige is a menace to safety, claiming that the engi- neering bureau implicitly admits this by limiting loads on the bridge to 10 tons.
 Answer Mayor
 Both aldermen spoke in answer to sarcastic references made to them at meeting of the board of public works last night. Mayor Vincent Scully and works commis- sioners answered criticisms made before the aldermanic board by AL dermen Kingston and Walker the night before. Mayor Scully labelled MT. Kingston "our touring alder man" because of his claim that in travels about New England he found street conditions here far worse than elsewhere. Alderman Fenton Niver referred to MT. Walk CT as "that other bag of wind" be- Af 1Nf al tRNN 1A Hrrf- neering bureau was "stalling" in offering plans for the Baldwin street bridge.
 My criticism is principally that the street department lets the storm get ahead of it," said Alder man Kingston. "They start the work too late, though they work hard once they finally start. They get going so late that streets in the residential sections are neglected"
 Tn regard to being a touring alderman" said MT. Kingston, "it happens that my work takes me all over the New England states. I've seen the conditions in the various cities in the past month. The mayor says he knows more about Worcester than do. I've wis., ited there once @ week for eight years; I understand he went to school there."
 Names Streets
 Here are some streets" said MT. Kingston, "that haven't seen a blow: Mansfield avenue, where there's bus line; Stewart, Auburn, Academy and Morse avenues; Tay- Tor, Rutledge, School, Brown, Lydia, Laurel and William streets. There are dozens and dozens more; I'm only citing those as examples. Some of them are so rutted that the bottom of the car scrapes the snow; you couldn't even drive on some more of them except for the thaw."
 MT. Walkers statement on the Baldwin street bridge follows:
 ! never realized when I criti- cized our Bureau of Engineering at Mondays meeting of the Board of Aldermen that so many peo- pie, including the mayor and the Board of Works, would feel obli- gated to rush to the defense of the engineering department.
 T did not in my discussion refer to or criticize either our mayor or the Board of Works, as feel that they in their official capacity have not had the time or opportunity to investigate this problem. can assure the Board of Works,