"As your President, performing my constitutional duty to give Congress Information on the state of the Union find it necessary to report that the future safety of our country and our democracy is overwhelmingly Involved in events far beyond our borders. Tie" armed defence of democratic existence is now being gallantly waged in four continents. If that defence falls, the whole population and all the resources of Europe, Asia. Africa and Australasia will be. dominated by, the conquerors."
Declaring that it was immature, and Incidentally untrue for anybody to-brog that an unprepared America, single-handed and with one hand fled behind its back, could hold off the whole world, the President gave warning that no realistic American could. expect international generosity, the return of true independence, world disarmament, or even good business from a dictator's peace.
"We must always be wary of those who, with sounding brass and tinkling cymbals preach the ism' of appease ment. We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle In order to feather their own nest, "There is much loose talk of immunity from direct invasion from across the seas," the President said "Obviously as long as the British Navy remains its power, no such danger exists. Even if there were British Navy it is improbable that any enemy would be stupid enough to attack us by landing troops in the United States from across thousands miles of ocean until he had acquired strategic bases from which
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.