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It Happened Last Week by Bob Estabrook
Secretary Steve Early said naval action would ensue if needed to defend the western hemisphere. Roosevelt’s address urged unity with Latin America and named Dakar the Azores and Iceland as watchpoints while pledging continued aid to Britain. The talk evoked strong approval at home and alarm from Nazi Germany as debates over neutrality and war powers intensified.
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Steve Early
America
Early
U. S
Roosevelt
Dakar
Azores
Iceland
United States
Germany
Britain
Burton K. Wheeler
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
Japan
Far East
Knudsen
U.S
Congress
National Defense Advisory Council
Ralph Budd
Office of Transportation
OPM
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Leon Henderson
House