The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
%ROOSEVELT'S TALK
DRAWS MIXTURE OF
CRITICISM AND PRAISE
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Morgenthau and their son
Robert, Secretary and Mrs.
Claude Wickard, Major Ear-
ry Hooker, Senator Barley
and Mrs. Barley, Clark Gable
and his wife, Carole Lombard.
The film stars were here for
a day of sightseeing.
The chief executive closely
followed his prepared text, al
though at several points he
changed a word, or for en-
|phasis, repeated one. He spoke
slowly and deliberately, parti-
cularly at the beginning.
Calling for a gigantic speed
up of arms production, he said
the notion of business as
usual" must be discarded and
more planes, tanks, guns, and
freighters rushed to compile
ton.
There will be no 'bottle-
necks' in our determination to
aid Great Britain" he said.
dictator, no combination
of dictators, will weaken that
determination by threats of
how they will construe that
determinations"
No Strikes
The nation insists, he said,
that there must be no strikes
or lockouts in defense indus
tries. Fears as to over-expan-
sion of plant capacity must
not block the program, he
said. Moreover, the production
of certain consumer and lux
ury goods will have to give
way to defense production if
and when the machines and
raw materials involved are
needed to carry out "our pri-
mary and compelling pur-
pose"
Any talk about sending an
army abroad is a deliberate
untruth," he emphasized, and
the sole purpose of admins
tration policy lis to keep you
now, and your children later,
and your grandchildren much
later, out of a last-ditch war
for the preservation of Amer
lean independence"
Raps Axis Powers
Gliding at the axis powers, he de-
clared that with all their vaunted
efficiency and parade of pious pur-
pose in this war, there are still in
their background the concentration
camp and the servants Of God in
chains"
Concerning fifth columnists, he
said that "secret emissaries'' of
evil forces which have crushed and
and corrupted 80 many
other nations "are already within
our gates" but the government is
'%ferreting them out"
He struck out too at persons he
~"appeasers,' saying that Gun
Willingly in most cases. they are
doing exactly the kind of work the
dictators want done in the United
States"
Pointing out that the British had
received invaluable military support
rom the heroic Greek army" the
President declared that other "goy-
7rnments in exile" were helpine
Ind that British strength was grow.
ng.
Il believe that the axis powers
Ire not going to win this war" he
added. I base that belief on the
Attest and best information"
Direct References
Repeatedly the President referred
lirectly to Germany and 'the Nazis.r
1t one point, he declared that "the I
Nazi masters of Germany have made
{ clear that they intend not only s
o dominate all life and thought in I
nelr own country, but also to en-. t
lave the whole of Europe, and then I
o use n resources of Europe to
the rest Of the world" a
IN his discussion of peace SUCCESS v
ions, the President said that in view
4 an ~"undeniable threat" from the v
ks powers "the United States has a
% right or reason to encourage talk t
I peace until the day shall come a
men there is a clear intention on
ne part OF the aggressor nations to v
all thought Of dominating t
r conquering the world" t
Mr.. Roosevelt said it was "non.
ense. to talk of "a negotiated F
'eace' and asked: els it a neso.
'ated peace if a gang Of outlaws v
iroun your community and on o
nreat of determination makes Won r
tribute to save your own skins" a
Saying that a British defeat would n
ring "a new and terrible era" for p
ne whole world, Mr.. Roosevelt add.
d that to survive in such a world
brute force this nation would
ave to become permanently a mill O
artistic power. Is,
Danger Ahead In