Washington, Jan. 4.
President Roosevelt emphatically rejected the isolationist policy for the United States, declaring "The United States, no more than other nations, cannot afford to be surrounded by enemies of our faith in humanity."
"Fortunate it is, therefore, that in this Western Hemisphere we have under the common ideal of democratic government, a rich diversity of resources and people functioning with mutual respect in the President said. "We promise to do our share in protecting that hemisphere, that respect and that ideal against storms from any quarter. Our people and our resources are pledged to secure that protection from that determination of un-American influences."
Mr. Roosevelt emphasized that this does not imply that Americans disassociate themselves from nations on other continents.
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