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President declares unlimited emergency and sea war policy
President Roosevelt’s address advocates an unlimited emergency to defend the western hemisphere and aid Britain. Germany denounces the plan as an economic dictatorship while Canada Australia and Mexico comment. The speech outlines two main measures: speed up shipbuilding and cut losses at sea with enhanced patrols.
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New York
CBS
Roosevelt
Washington
Germany
Tokyo
Mexico City
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
W. L. MacKenzie King
Canada
United States
America
Britain
Nye
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Green
D-Ri
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Hemisphere
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Western
Hitler
Americas
Admiral Raeder
Raeder