Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
Text of President RooseveKs MESSAGE

It's Message
range raids by suicide" squadrons
Of bombing planes. they will do 20
only In the hope Of terrorizing our
people and disrupting our morale.
Our people are not afraid Of that.
We know that We may have to pay
. heavy price for freedom. We will
pay this price with q will. What
ever the price, 1t Is . thousand times
worth 1t. No matter whet our enc
mics, In their desperation may At
tempt to do to us-we will say, as
the people Of London have said, I'VE
can take It," And what's more, we
can give is back-and we will give
1t back-with compound interest.
When our enemies challenged our
country to stand up and fight, they
challenged each and every one of
us. And each and every one Of us
has accepted the challenge-for
himself and for the Nation.
There were only some 400 United
States marines who In the heroic
and historic defense Of Wake Island
inflicted such great losses on the
enemy. Some Of those men were
killed In action. and others are now
prisoners Of war. When the sur
vivors Of that great tight are lib
Grated and restored to their homes
they will learn that 130. 0O0, 900 of
their fellow citizens have been in
spired to render their own full share
OF service and sacrifice.
War VIII End Only With End
OF Axis Militarism.
Our men on the fighting fronts
have already proved that Americans
today are Just rs rugged and just
as tough as any of the heroes whose
exploits we celebrate on the Fourth
Of July.
Many people ask, when will this
war end?" There is only one answer
to that. 1t will end just as soon as
we make 1t end, by our combined
EFFORTS, our combined strength, our
combined determination to fight
through and work through until the
end-the end of militarism in Ger
many and Italy and Japan. Most
certainly We shall not settle for less.
That is the spirit in which dis
cussions have been conducted dur
ing the visit Of the British Prime
Minister to Washington. Mr..
Churchill and I understand each
other, our motives and our purposes.
Together. during the past two weeks,
we have faced squarely the major
military and economic problems of
this greatest world war.
All IN our Nation have been cheered
by Mr.. Churchill's visit. We have
been deeply stirred by his great
message to us. We wish him a safe
return to his home. He is welcome
in our midst, now and In days to
come.
No Return to Kind Of World
We Had After Last War.
We are fighting on the same side
with the British people, who fought
alone for long, terrible months and
withstood the enemy with fortitude
and tenacity and skill.
We are fighting on the same side
with the Russian people who have
seen the Nazi hordes swarm up to
the very gates of Moscow, and who
with almost superhuman will and
courage have forced the invaders
back into retreat.
We are fighting on the same side
as the brave people of China who
for four and half long years have
withstood bombs and starvation and
have whipped the invaders time and
again in spite Of superior Japanese
equipment and arms.
We are fighting on the same side
as the indomitable Dutch.
! We are fighting on the same side
as all the other governments in exile,
whom Hitler and all his armies and
all his Gestapo have not been able
to conquer.
But we of the united nations are
not making all this sacrifice of hu-
man effort and human lives to re-
turn to the kind of world We had
after the last World War.
No Successful Compromise
Between Good and Evil.
We ere fighting today for security,
for progress and for peace, not only
for ourselves, but for all men, not
only for one generation but for all
generations. We are fighting to
cleanse the world Of ancient evils,
ancient ills
Our enemies are guided by brutal
cynicism, by unholy contempt for
the human race. We are inspired
by a faith which goes back through
all the years to the first chapter of
the Book Of Genesis, God created
man in His own image"
We on our side are striving to be
true to that devine heritage. We
are fighting, as our fathers have
fought, to uphold the doctrine that
all men are equal in the sight of
God. Those on the other side are
striving to destroy this deep belief
and to create a world in their own
image-a world of tyranny and
cruelty and serfdom.
That is the conflict that day and
night now pervades our lives. No
compromise can end that conflict.
There never has been-there never
can be-successful compromise be-
tween good and evil. Only total
victory can reward the champions
Of tolerance and decency, and free
dom and faith.
Manly Vice Choirmon