Evening star., 1944-01-11
Tert of President Roosevelt's


Tert OF President Roosevelts
message to Congress today on
the state OF the Union follo,us:
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE
UNITED STATES:
This Nation in the past two years
has become an active partner ir
the worlds greatest war against hui
man slavery.
We have joined with like minded
people in order to defend ourselves
in a world that has been gravely
threatened with gangster rule.
But I do not think that any OF
us Americans can be content with
mere survival. Sacrifices that WE
and our Allies are making impose
upon us all sacred obligation tc
see to it that out of this war we ano
our children will gain something
better than mere survival.
We are united in determination
that this war shall not be followed
by another interim which leads tt
new disaster-that we shall not re.
peat the tragic errors of Ostrich
isolationism-that we shall not re.
peat the excesses of the wile
20s, when this Nation went fol
Joy-ride on roller coaster which
ended in a tragic crash.
When Mr. Hull went to Moscow ir
October. and when I went to Cairo
and Tehersn in November, we knew
that we were in agreement with
our Allies in our common determi.
nation to fight and win this war
But there were many vital questions
concerning the future peace, ane
they were discussed in an atmos.
phere of complete candor and har.
mony.
In the last war such discussions
such meetings. did not even begin
until the shooting had stopped and
the delegates began to assemble al
the peace table. There had been nc
previous opportunities for man-to-
man discussions which lead to meet
ing of minds. The result was Q
peace which was not a peace.
That was a mistake which We are
not repeating in this war.
/ No Secret Treaties.
And right here l want to address
| word or two to some suspicious
souls who are fearful that Mr.. HUI
or I have made commitments" fol
the future which might pledge this
Nation to secret treaties, or to en-
acting the role of Santa Claus.
To such suspicious souls-using 8
polite teIminology-I wish to say
that Mr.. Churchill and Marsha
Stain, ana Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek are all thoroughly con-
Iversant with the provisions of oui
Constitution And so is Mr.. Hull
And so am I.
OF course. We made some COM
mitments. We most certainly COM
mitted ourselves to very large and
very @peciflc military plans which
require the use of Allied forces tC
bring about the defeat of ouI
enemies at the earliest possible time
But there were no secret treaties
or political or financial commit
ments.
The one supreme objective for the
future, which we discussed for each
nation individually, and for all the
United Nations, can be summed up
in one word: Security.
And that means not only physical
security which provides safety from
attacks by aggressors. 1t means also
economic security. social security,
moral security-in a family of
nations.
Want Lasting Peace.
In the plain down -to-earth talks
that l had with the Generalissimo
and Marshal Stain and Prime Min
lister Churchill, it was abundantly
clear that they are all most deeply
interested in the resumption of
peaceful progress by their own peo-
ples-progress toward a better life.
All our Allies want freedom to de-
velop their lands and resources, to
build up industry, to increase edu-
cation and individual opportunity
and to raise standards OF living.
All our Allies have learned by bit
ter experience that real development
will not be possible if they are to be
diverted from their purpose by re-
ipeated wars-or even threats of war
China and Russia are truly united
with Britain and America in recog-
milton Of the essential fact:
The best interests Of each nation
large and small, demand that al
freedom-loving nations shall join to.
gether in a just and durable system
Of peace. In the present worle
situation, evidenced by the action.
of Germany. Italy and Japan. un.
questioned military control over dis.
turbers of the peace is as necessary
among nations as it is among citi.
zens in community. And an equally
basic essential to peace is decent
standard OF living for all individual
men and women and children in al
nations. Freedom from fear is
eternally linked with freedom from
want.
Standards of Living.
There are people who burrow
through our Nation like unseeins
moles, and attempt to spread tn,
suspicion that if other nations arr
encouraged to raise their standards
of living our own American stand
ard of living must of necessity b.
depressed.
| The fact is the very contrary. L
has been shown time and again tina
if the standard of living of an,
country goes up, so does its purchas
ing power-and that such a rise en-
courages a better standard of livin,
IN neighboring countries with whom
it trades. That is just plain com
mon senSe-and it is the kind 0
plain common sense that provided
the basis for our discussions at Mos
COW, Cairo and Teheran.
Returning from my journeyings,
must confess to sense of ''letdown
when l found many evidences O
faulty perspectives here in Washing
ton. The faulty perspective consist
| in OVeremphaSiZine lesser nrohleY,,