Innocent nations are being sacrificed to the greed for power and supremacy of other. nations, devoid of all justice, President Roosevelt declared. "This reign of terror and lawlessness began a few years ago.... There must be positive endeavours to preserve peace."
"America hates war," the President emphasized. "America Topes for peace, and America therefore actively engages in the search for peace."
The President's address was delivered at the dedication of Chicago's new outer-link bridge on the Lake Michigan waterfront. He congratulated the city and the nation on the completion of the bridge.
"We can spend our resources on such projects as soil conservation ud other useful endeavours instead of spending halt our wealth for armaments, either in the sı of fear or aggression Mr. Roosevelt said.
In solemn language, President Roosevelt warned the United States that isolation wag not protection from involvement in world war.
"Haunting Air of Calamity"
"I, as a responsible executive and head of the nation, have chosen this great inland city on this gala Occasion to speak to you on a sub: ject of definite national importance," he declared in his opening remarks.
President pointed out, "pervades the air." The landmarks and traditions of civilization's struggle toward law, order and justice are being wiped away by international lawlessness, he said.
"1 we are to have a world in which we can breathe freely and tive in amity without fear, the peace-loving nations must make a concerted effort to uphold the laws and principles on which alone peace can rest secure.... There must be a return to the belief in the pledged word and in the value of the signed treaty. There must be a recognition of the fact that national morality is as vital as private morality.—United Press,
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