ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Typed letter signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt"), as President, to Mrs. Thomas F. McAllister. Washington, 7 September 1939. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery .
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Typed letter signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt"), as President, to Mrs. Thomas F. McAllister. Washington, 7 September 1939. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery . "THE SWIFT MOVEMENT OF EVENTS WHICH HAS SHATTERED THE PEACE OF EUROPE AND IMPOSED GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY UPON THE UNITED STATES" Six days after Germany's invasion of Poland and four days after Britain and France declared war on Germany, Roosevelt declines to give a partisan speech to a Democratic woman's group, striking a note of bipartisan wartime unity. "The swift movement of events which has shattered the peace of Europe and imposed grave responsibility upon the United States as a nation has, of course, completely altered the conditions under which I accepted your kind invitation to address the Democratic women of the country. The ramifications of the impact in Europe are world-wide and it becomes our plain duty as Americans to bend all our efforts to promote national unity...The events of the past few days render it imperative that every utterance of mine in these days of tension be addressed to all of our citizens, regardless of sex, age, or political affiliation. We must all stand together in firm resolve to bear witness before all nations to our unshaken patriotism..." The outbreak of war in Europe ignited an intense, often acrimonious debate in the United States over whether to aid the British and French. For two years FDR pushed against the strong isolationist and neutral sentiment of the Congress and much of the American people, loosening the Neutrality legislation, sending money and weapons to Britain. By the fall of 1941 the public was still opposed to joining the fighting, but favored aid to the Allies. Domestically, the war also shifted FDR from--as he put it--Dr. New Deal to Dr. Win the War. A fine letter from the early days of World War II.
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Typed letter signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt"), as President, to Mrs. Thomas F. McAllister. Washington, 7 September 1939. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery .
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Typed letter signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt"), as President, to Mrs. Thomas F. McAllister. Washington, 7 September 1939. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery . "THE SWIFT MOVEMENT OF EVENTS WHICH HAS SHATTERED THE PEACE OF EUROPE AND IMPOSED GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY UPON THE UNITED STATES" Six days after Germany's invasion of Poland and four days after Britain and France declared war on Germany, Roosevelt declines to give a partisan speech to a Democratic woman's group, striking a note of bipartisan wartime unity. "The swift movement of events which has shattered the peace of Europe and imposed grave responsibility upon the United States as a nation has, of course, completely altered the conditions under which I accepted your kind invitation to address the Democratic women of the country. The ramifications of the impact in Europe are world-wide and it becomes our plain duty as Americans to bend all our efforts to promote national unity...The events of the past few days render it imperative that every utterance of mine in these days of tension be addressed to all of our citizens, regardless of sex, age, or political affiliation. We must all stand together in firm resolve to bear witness before all nations to our unshaken patriotism..." The outbreak of war in Europe ignited an intense, often acrimonious debate in the United States over whether to aid the British and French. For two years FDR pushed against the strong isolationist and neutral sentiment of the Congress and much of the American people, loosening the Neutrality legislation, sending money and weapons to Britain. By the fall of 1941 the public was still opposed to joining the fighting, but favored aid to the Allies. Domestically, the war also shifted FDR from--as he put it--Dr. New Deal to Dr. Win the War. A fine letter from the early days of World War II.
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