The Archive · 1941

Has New Magna Carta

Churchill Thanks America; Enormous Industrial Power Declared Devoted to Defeat of Nazism

London, Mar, 13

EMBERS of the House of Commons voiced the loudest cheers for a long time when Mr. Winston Churchill made a brief statement on the passage of th Every sentence provoked a new "Lam sure", said the Premi American Lease-and-ud and louder outburst. jer, "that the House would wish me to express our deep and respectful appreciation of this moment generous and far-secing sta! tesmanship. The most powerful democracy has, in effect, declar ed that they will devote their overwhelming industrial and financial strength to ensuring the defeat of Nazism in order that ations, great and small, may live in security, tolerance and freeder "The Government and people of the United States have a new Mana Carta which not* only has regard to the Fights and laws on which u healthy and advaneng civilization can alone bbe erected, but also proclaims by precept and example they it is the duty of free men and nations everywhere to share the responsibility and burden of enforeng them.

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