Washington, Jan. 7.
ESIDENT Roosevelt in the most eagerly awaited speech since President Wilson's historic declaration of war in 1917, yester~ day reported to packed 77th, Congress on the state of the nation, and declared that the American people had unalterably set their faces against the new order of tyranny that sought to spread over' the world at the present time.
President Roosevelt declared that he addressed Congress at a moment unprecedented in the history of the Union; because at no previous time had American security been as seriously threatened from without as it was that day.
After reviewing American history singe 1789, the President said: "We should remember that the peace of 1919 was far less unjust than the kind of pacification' which began even before Munich and which is Dong carried out under the new order of tyranny that seeks to spread over every country today. The American: people have unalterably Set, their face against that.
"The democratic way of life is at this moment being directly assailed in every part of the world—assailed either by force of arms or by the Secret spreading of poisonous propaganda by those who seek to destroy unity and to promote discord in na~ tions still at peace.
"During the last 16 months, this assault has blotted out the whole pattern of life in an appalling number Independent nations, great and small. The assailants are stilt on the march. threatening other nations, Great and small.
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