Montana labor news., 1946-02-14
LET Us MOVE
FORWARD 49,"
The Jefferson Day Address

ne JeIIeisoo 10Y
E,,nll;n Delano Roosevclts last
.ncech. written the day before ne o'eu'
and intended 10 have been oadoa on
Friday, April 18th. the day ioiiow''s
MS death. -:
Americans are gathered together th's
evening in communities all over me
country To PAY tribute to the h'ih.
memory OF Thomas Jeiierson-one OF
the greatest Of all Democrats ana
nan, 10 make it clear that ] am spelling
that word Democrats with a sh'"''
I'd" 80.
Iwi,h had the power, Just Tor '''s
-.a,;rc 70 he presen, at all Of these
gatherings.
In ,h;s historic year. more han ever
le,orc we do we'll to consider Inc
character Of Thomas Jefferson as an
ameriean citizen oi the world.
A. minister to France, then as on,
f,rs, secretary Of State. and as our thitd
President. jefferson was Instrumental III
III. estahli shment al the United states
;. vital factor in international aiills'
II was he who first sent our N"N
INTO iar-distant waters TO defend ou'
,,ch.s And the PRONUNCIATION OF inc
Monroe doctrine was the logical deve'-
opmen, OF Jeiierson's iar-seeing iofeish
To-day this nation. which Jefferson
helned so greatly to build. IS PLAYING d
tremendous part in the battle Tor inc
r;cb,s al man all over the world. !.
Today we are part OF the vast A'iiea
iorce-a force composed OF iiesn anu
Mood and steel and spirit-wh'eh IS
TODAY DESTROYING the makers OF war. the
breeders OF hatred. in Europe and ASIA,
In Jeiferson's time our Navy eonsis'eo
~ only a handful Of irigates-but that
t;ny Navy taught nations across 'ne
Atlantic that piracy in the Med''ef'a-
uean-acts Of aggression against peace,
{ul and the enslavement u
.h.;r crews-was one OF those things
which. among n~eighbors, simply was not
done.
TODAY we have learned in the agony
OF wal that great power involves giea'
responsibility. Today we can no more
escape the consequences OF German ano
lananese aggression than could We
avoid the consequence OF attacks by tne
Barbary Corsairs a century and a nan
before.
We. as Americans. do not choose &c
deny our responsibility.
Nor do we intend to abandon oui
determination that, within the lives 0
our children and our ohildren's children
there will not be a third world war.
We seek peace enduring peace
More than an end to war. we want ar
end to the beginnings Of all wars-yes
an end TO this brutal. inhuman ane
thoroughly impractical method OF set
Ting the differences between govern
ments.
The once powerful, malignant Naz
state is crumbling, the japanese wa
lords arc receiving, in their own home
land. the retribution for which the
asked when they attacked Pearl Harboi
But the mere conquest OF u enemie
is not enough.
We must go on TO do all in Il powe
TO conquer the doubts and the fears, tn
ignorance and the greed, which mad
this horror possible.
Thomas Jefferson, himself a dist'n
guished scientist. once spoke OF tn
"brotherly spirit Of science, which unite
into one family all its votaries OF what
ever grade, and however widely DIS
persed through the different quarters
the globe
Today, science has brought all tn
different quarters Of the globe so clos
together that it is impossible to isoIa'
them one from another.
Today we are faced with the pr
eminent fact that, if civilization is
survive, we must cultivate the scient
Of human relationships-the ability
all peoples, OF all kinds, to i've T
cether and work together in the san
world, at peace.
Let me assure YOU that my hand
the steadier for the work that is to
done. that | move more firmly IN
the task, knowing that you-mlllio