The Archive · 1941

Of Aggressor Nations

Roosevelt Predicts Downfall — Ultimate Triumph of Democracy Assured in Speech Praising Former President

Staunton, Ya., May peat Roosevelt yesterday predicted the ultimate triumph of Democracy and the downfall of aggressors because "those unhappy people who place sole reliance on the sword have invitally perished by the sword in the end."

The President addressed a crowd assembled before the old brick residence where the World War President, Woodrow Wilson, was born December 28, 1856. The home was being dedicated as, a national shrine.

In the audience were such notables

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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