Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-08
EDITORS VIEWS OF
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

Chicago Journal of Commerce - Mos
anyway you look at it, and with the fuIl-
est allowance for the apparent fact that
the President was speaking for foreign
consumption as we'll as domestic, the
speech marked the end of our alleged
neutrality. There is no need to say that
no nation can openly ally itself with one
side of a conflict, as the President has
done in his speech, and pretend to be
neutral.
NeU York Daily NeWS-The President
seemed vague to us on the extent of our
war aims &. If a return to the status
quo as of the day before Hitler tore into
Poland is the eventual British war aim
and is to be ours likewise, then from all
signs now visible we'd better resign our
selves to the prospect of war or series
of wars as long and bitter as the Napo-
leonic wars.
Neu York Tmes-There cannot be the
slightest doubt that the course to which
Mr.. Roosevelt pledged this country yes
terday has the endorsement of the vast
majority of our people, and that they
will approve whatever measures are
needed to put it into practice. In an hour
of great crisis the President has spoken
to the nation with candOr and with fore
sight
Nep York Herald -Tribune--As state
ment of American ideals, the Presidents
message to congress deserves high praise
=. because of his general outlook upon
governmental problems, he sees and
states the threat of military attack with
particularity and dismiSses the Larger
and more far-reaching economic threat
in single phrase =. The situation cries
aloud for single munitions head.
The Dallas Morning NeWs-The Presi-
dent has indisputably declared war on
the tOtalitarian powers and asks con
greSs to support the conflict with the
weapon now at hand, aid to Britain.
That the ajority of the country sup
ports this view is surely beyond question.
Accepting this, We must face the very
strong probability that war of words
today, supported by material and poten-
tial advances for Britain may become
actual war tomorrow.
Ell PasO TimeS-American dollars went
to war yesterday against the dictators;
that is, unless congress rejects proposals
made by President Roosevelt in his mes
sage on the state of union. The Presi-
dent minced no words in telling the Am
erican people that the future and safety
of "our country and of our democracy
are overwhelmingly involved in events far
beyond our border
Kansas City Times-It is not a revou-
ton of national Socialism, Fascism or
Communism that the President has in
mind. 1t is what he called the sort of
revolution that has been in progress in
America since the beginning of our ma
tional history.
THE perpetual peaceful revolution ad
iusting itself to changing conditions"
On its international side this means "the
cooperation of free countries working to-
gether in friendly civilized society"
These are purposes to which every
American can subscribe. They are pur-
poses in support of which men of all par
ties can close ranks and go forward
San Francisco ChrOnicle-"He called
for more . than measures of self de-
fense. He called this people to oppose
on this earth the so-called New Order
Of tyranny with victorious affirmation
of the moral order, to bring about free
dom everywhere for all peoples =. This,
too, is a measure of American self-de-
fense. 1t means the maintenance of the
only kind of world in which America
car live comfortably and safely :. The
Presidents completely nonpartisan tone
will be echoed, we believe, in this con-
greSS