The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
Grave National Peril IS Stressed by FDR II IT.
Complete Text ST Historic
Third Term Inousurol Talk

President. obvieu'
plss Tor Nstlonel
SwAsHINoToN. Jan. 3o-tH
-TToxt Of President ,Roosevelt's
iH6u6aral address: . ~ s
On each national day Of IN
3asguration since l7So. the peo-
~ have renewed their sense Of
dication % The United States.
I'm Washinston's day the task
C The people was 10 create and
vUld together 4 nation.
{ n Lincoln's day the task Of
Tho pGopla was to preserve that
nation from disruption from
within.
IN this day the task Of the
poople u 10 rave that nation and
II institutions from disruption
5yoencwithout.
TO us there has come q time,
u the midst Of swift happenings,
Ii pause for . moment and take
ock-to recall what our place
history has been, and to redis-
Rs6oe what we are and what we
~ be. Il we do not, we risk
10 real peril or inaction.
Lives Of nations are determ-
he'd not by the count of years,
but by the lifetime of the hu-
han spirit The life Of Q man Is
hree-score years and ten: A lit
Re more, 2 little less. The life
e q nation II the fullness Of the
Measure Of its will to live.
There are men. who doubt this.
There are men who believe that
democracy, a q form of govern
,ment and Q frame Of life, Is linn
.ited or measured by . kind Of
mystical and artificial fate -
that, for some unexplained reas-
on, tyranny and slavery have
become the surging wave OF the
future - and that freedom Is
m ebbing tide.
|. But we Americans know that
this IL not true.
Eight years ago, when the life
Of this republic seemed frozen
by 4 fatalistic terror, we proved
that this Is not true. We were
In the midst of shock - but we
acted quickly, boldly, decisive
~.
These later years have been
living years - fruitful years for
the people Of this democracy.
For. they have brought to us
greater security and, ! hope. a
better understanding that LIES
ideals are to be measured In 9TH
or than material things.
Z Most vital to our present and
our future IL this experience Of
Z democracy which excessively
survived crisis at home; put
away many EVIL things: built
new structures on enduring lines;
.and.- through II al, maintained
the fact Of its democracy.
For action has been taken
within the three-way framework
Of the constitution Of the Unit
I'd States. The coordinate
branches Of the government con-
tluue freely TO function. The
Btli Of Rights remains inviolate.
The freedom Of elections Il Who'll
~ maintained. Prophets Of the
downfall Of American democ-
-racy have seen their dire pre-
edictions come to naught.
y Democracy IL not dying.
=. We know Il because we have
seen It revive - and grow.
We know It cannot die - be-
cause It IL built on the unhamp-
cred initiative Of individual men
and women Joined together In .
common enterprise - an enter
prise undertaken and carried
through by the free expression
of q free majority.
We know II because democ-
racy alone, Of al forms Of gov
eminent, enlists the full force
OF mems enlightened will.
We know Il because democ.
racy alone has constructed IN
unlimited civilization capable Of
intimate progress In the I'm
provement Of human life.
We know Il because, II we
look below the surface, we sense
Il sti1l spreading on every CONT
nent - for Il II the most hui
name, the most advanced, and
I'm the end the most unconquer1
able Of all forms Of human Soc
iety.
The nation, like q person, has
. body = 4 body that must be
ted and clothed and housed, in
Halioa's Monetary
Situation 'Falr'
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-(R
-Oecretary Morgenthau said to-
day that "all things considered,
our fiscal and monetary affairs
are In 4 very satisfactory condi-