炉边谈话 Fireside Chat（2/2）

The Nazi asters of Gerany have ade it clear that they tend not only to doate all life and thoughttheir own untry, but also to ehe whole of Europe, and then to e the resoure beeen their philosophy—their philosophy of governnt—and our philosophy of governnt.

In view of the nature of this undeniable threat, itbe asserted, properly and categorically, that the Uates has nht or reason to enurage talk of peatil the day shall e when there is a clear tention on the part of the aggressor nations to abandon all thought of doatg or he world.

At this ont the forces of the States that are leagued agast all peoples who livefreedo are beg held away fro our shores.The Gerans and the Italians are beg blocked oher side of the Atntic by the British and by the Greeks, and by thoands of soldiers and sailors who were able to escape fro subjugated untries.In Asia the Japanese are beg engaged by the Chese nationa defense.

In the Pacific O is our fleet.

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Thkgters of today and toorrow, I ake the direct statent to the Ari people that there is far less t of attackanother war ter on.

If we are to be pletely ho with ourselves, we t adit that there is riskany urse we ay take.But I deeply believe that the great ajority of our people agree that the urse that I advocate volves the least risk now and the greatest hope for world peacethe future.

The people of Europe who are defendg theselves do not askto do their fightg.They askfor the iplents of war, the phe tanks, the guns, the freighters which will ehe to fight for their liberty and for our security.Ephatically we t get these ons to the, get the to thesuffit vo and quickly enough so that we and our children will be saved the agony and sufferg of war which others have had to endure.

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We t be the great arsenal of deocracy.Forthis is an ergency as war itself.We t apply ourselves to our task with the sa resotion, the sa sense ency, the sa spirit of patriotis and sacrifice as we would show were we at war.

We have furhe British great aterial support and we will furnish far orethe future.

There will be no “bottlenecks”our deteration to aid Great Brita.No dictator, no bation of dictators, will weaken that deteration by threats of how they will nstrue that deteration.

The British have received vaable ilitary support fro the heroic Greek Ary and fro the forces of all the governntsexile.Their strength is grog.It is the strength of n and won who vae their freedo ore highly than they vae their lives.

I believe that the Axis powers are not gog tothis war.I base that belief oest a of ration.

We have no exce for defeatis.We have every good reason for hope—hope for peace, yes, and hope for the defense of our civilization and for the buildg of a better civilizationthe future.

I have the profound nvi that the Ari people are now detered to put forth a ightier effort than they have ever yet ade to crease our produ of all the iplents of defeo et the threat to our deocratic faith.

As president of the Uates, I call for that national effort.I call for itthe na of this nation which we love and honor and which rivileged and proud to serve.I call upon our people with absoteour on cae will greatly sueed.