Evening star., 1941-10-28
Text of Presidents Address
Roosevelt, in Navy Day Speech,
Declares Shooting Hos Started

/ America but against the United
States itself.
Your government has in its pos
session another document made in
Germany by Hitler's government.
1t is a detailed plan, which, TOR
obvious reasons. the Nazis did not
wish to publicize just yet, but which
they are ready to impose on DOM
mated world-if Hitler wins. 1t is
plan to abolish all existing
eligions-Protestant. Catholic, Mo-
hammedan, Hindu, Buddhist and
Jewish alike. The property of all
churches will be seized by the Reich.
The cross and all other symbols of
religion are to be forbidden. The
clergy are to be forever silenced
under penalty of the concentration
camps, where even now so many
fearless men are being tortured be-
cause they placed God above Hitler
In the place of the churches OF
our civilization. there is to be set
up an International Nazi Church
church which will be served by
orators sent out by the Nazi gov
ernment. In the place of the Bible,
the words of Mein Kampf will be
imposed and enforced as Holy
Writ. And in place of the cross of
Christ will be put two symbols
the sWastika and the naked sword.
The God of Blood and Iron will
take the place of the God of Love
and Mercy.
Axis Denials to Follow.
These grim truths which I have
told you of the present and furure
| plans of Hitlerism will, of course, be
/ hotly denied tomorrow in the con-
trolled press and radio Of the Axis
powers. And some Americans will
continue to insist that Hitler's
| plans need not worry us-and that
we should not concern ourselves
with anything that goes on beyond
rifle shot OF our own shores.
The protestations of these Ameri-
| can citiZens-few in number-will.
as usual, be paraded with applause
through the Axis press and radio
during the next few days. In an
/ effort to convince the world that
the ajority of Americans are op-
posed to their duly chosen Govern
ment, and in reality are only wait
ing to jump on Hitler's bani wagon
when it comes this way.
The motive of such Americans is
not the point at issue. The fact is
that Nazi propaganda continues in
desperation to seize upon such lso-
lated statements as proof of Amer
lean disunity.
The Nazis have made up their own
list of modern American heroes 1t
| Is, fortunately. short list. l am
glad that it does not contain my
name.
All of US Americans. of all opin-
ions. are faced with the choice
between the kind of world we want
to live in and the kind of world
which Hitler and his horoes would
impose upon us.
None of us wants to burrow under
the ground and live in total dark
ness like comfortable mole.
The forward march of Hltierism
can be stopped-and it will be
stopped.
Very simply and very bluntlv-we
are pledged to pull our own oar in
the destruction of Hitlerism.
And when We have helped to end
the curse of Hitlerism, we shall help
to establish new peace which will
give to decent people eyerywh ere a
better chance to live and pros per
in security and in freedom and ir
faith
Producing More Weapons.
Each day that passes we are pro-
ducing and providing more and
more arms for the men who are
fighting on actual battlefronts
That is our primary task
And it is the Nations Will that
these vital arms and supplies of all
kinds shall neither be locked up in
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