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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1941
Page
14
President Roosevelt's radio address declares Japanese aggression as a defining moment, urges patience with official reporting, warns against rumors, and emphasizes national resolve, industrial buildup, and a long hard war to defend freedom. The speech cites Pearl Harbor, Manchukuo, and Axis expansion while calling for accurate information and civilian responsibility.
A Roosevelt address outlines two key wartime policies speed up existing production and add capacity through new and existing plants. He emphasizes shared sacrifice not as a burden but a privilege, calls for full national mobilization, and warns that security depends on defeating Nazi and Japanese aggression and linking Allied efforts across the globe. He notes food sufficiency for all, metal shortages for war needs, and unity with Allied nations against the Axis.
We are in a war not for conquest but to make a world safe for our children. We will elimInate danger from Japan and prevent a world dominated by Hitler and Mussolini. We will win the war and the peace, knowing many nations fight with us and all pray for liberty under God.
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