"Gods of Force and Hatred"
Charlottesville, Ya., June 10.
RESIDENT Roosevelt announced today that the United States will now extend its material resources to the Allies, "opponents of force," and will simultaneously harness and speed up the -use of its own resources in preparation for any emergency.
By entering the war, Italy plunged a dagger into France's back, the President stated, departing from his prepared text. "On the tenth day of June, 1940, the hand that held the dagger struck into the back of its neighbour."
Speaking at the Commencement exercises of the University of Vir~ inia, the President, in an address that Was broadcast over a worldwide radio network, asserted: "The people one Government of the United States have seen with the utmost regret fund grave disquiet the decision of the Mahan. Government to engage in, the hostilities now raging in Europe.
"The sympathies of the 21 American republics," he added, "tie with those nations which are giving their life blood in combat, The American nations," he emphasized, "are against the gods of force and hate."
President Roosevelt revealed that he had offered the Italian Government his services to intercede with other powers for a "promise to keep any agreement that would effect the Teadjustments desired by Italy."
"But," "he stressed, "unfortunately the chief of the Italian Government was unwilling to accept the procedure that T suggested."
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