Evening star., 1941-05-28
Roosevelt
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enemy has gained foothold from
which TO attack. fashioned
common sense calls for the use of a
strategy which will prevent such an
enemy from gaining a foothold in
the first place"
AS step toward blocking these
footholds, the President disclosed
that more and more ships and
planes are being added constantly
to the Atlantic patrols, and that
the Atlantic Fleet has been greatly
increased during the past year and
is constantly being built up"
In the ever-increasing use of the
patrol device, incidentally. is believed
to be the main reliance of this Gov
ernment for redeeming its pledge
that delivery of vital supplies will be
guaranteed to Britain.
OF the profound urgency of this
guarantee, Mr.. Roosevelt last night
made one grave revelation.
The blunt truth is this" he said
grimly, and I reveal this with the
full knowledge of the British govern
ment: The present rate of Nazi sink
lngS OF merchant ships Is more than
three times as high as the capacity
of British shipyards to replace them:
1t is more than twice the combined
British and American output Of
merchant ships today.
Answers to Peril.
I'VE can answer this peril by two
simultaneous measures-first, by
speeding up and increasing our great
shipbuilding program and, second,
by helping to cut down the losses on
| the high seas"
1t was probably with his mind on
the speeding of this shipbuilding
program, as we'll as all other defense
production. that Mr.. Roosevelt di-
rected a portion of his address
pointedly at both capital and labor.
When the Nation is threatened
from without - the actual pro-
duction and transportation of the
machinery of defense must not be
interrupted by disputes between
capital and capital. labor and labor,
or capital and labor.
This is no time for capital to
make, or be allowed to retain. ex-
cess profits. Articles of defense
must have undisputed right of way
in every industrial plant in the
country.
"A Nationwide machinery for con-
ciliation and mediation of industrial
disputes has been set up. That ma
chinery must be used promptly
and without stoppage of work.
The overwhelming majority of
our citizens expect their Govern
ment to see that the tools of de-
fense are built. - This Gov
eminent is determined to use all of
It's power TO express the will Of its
people, and to prevent interference
with the production of materials es-
Sentlal to our Nations security"
Deals With Labor Problem.
In his procla ma ton of an unlim-
tied emergency. too, the President
dealt with this necessity of permit
ting no interference with defense
production, calling upon loyal citi-
zens" and loyal workmen" to sub
merge all differences on behalf Of
defending "the only kind of govern
ment which recognizes the rights of
labor or of capital"
AS predicted, Mr.. Roosevelt made
answer in broad but firm fashion to
the opponents of democracy at
home" to the defeatiss, and to
those sincere. patriotic men and
women whose real passion for peace
has shut their eyes to the ugly real
tiles of international banditry and to
the need to resist it at all costs"
I'VE must not be defeated by the
fear of the very danger which We are
preparing to resist" he cautioned.
Our freedom has shown its ability
! to survive war. but it would never
survive surrender"
Those sincere in their doubts, he
added, must surely be embarrassed
by the sinister support they are re-
ceiving fgrom the enemies of democ-
racy in our midst-the Bundists and
Fascists and Communists, and every
group devoted to bigOtry and racial
and religious intolerance.
Leading up to his unexpected de-
| claration of an unlimited emer-
gency, the President in deliberately
spaced words made the following
| announcements:
I'VE reassert the ancient Ameri-
can doctrine of freedom of the seas.
Solidarity of Americas.
| I'VE reassert the solidarity of the
81 American republics and the Do
minion of Canada in the preserva-
ton of the independence of the
hemisphere.
I'VE have pledged material sup
port to the other democracies of the
world-and we will fulfill that
pledge.
I'VE in the Americas will decide
for ourselves whether, and when,
and where, our American interests
are attacked or our security threat
ened.
I'VE are placing our armed forces
In strategic military position.
"We will not hesitate to use our
armed forces to repel attack"
| The President departed scarcely
at all from his carefully prepared
| text, drafted and redrafted eight
times between Thursday and last
night. A few hours before he was
scheduled to speak, he called to the
White House his principal legis-
! lative advisers: Vice President Wal
lace. Speaker Rayburn, Chairmen
George and Bloom of Senate and
House Foreign Policy Committees
and Senate Minority Leader Nc
Nary. Senators Barkley and Austin
were invited, but were unable to be
present.