The Archive · 1941

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"From now on that aid will be ner eased and yet again increased until total victory is won."

Paying the highest tribute to the moral of the British people, which, he said, was "stronger than ever," the President continued; The British pedple are braced for an invasion whenever an attempt may come".

In Mr. Winston Churchill the Brit ish people had a "blessed and bril Mant great leader", President Rocsevelt declared, but the presence of their moral was that "one essential fact" is completely clear in, the minds of the plain British people, tat is, that "hey would rather die as free men than live as slaves".

"These plain people" he continued, civilians and soldiers allke,.....are fighting in the front line of civitization, and are holding that line with a fortitude which will forever be the ride and inspiration of all free men."

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