| Show Salient Statements in Speech President Made I to Congress WASHINGTON Sept 17 j- j Salient statements from President Roosevelt Roosevelt's s message to congress congress' The landing on Italy is not th the only landing we have in mind At Quebec the leaders and military mili tary staffs of Great Britain and the he United d States made specific and precise plans la for other landings on the continent of or Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope and elsewhere When Hitler and the ho nazis nad go Jo out nut the Prussian lan military clique must go 0 with them We shall not be be able to fo claim that we have gained d total victory in this war J if any vestige of fascism fascism fas fag cism clam in any of ot its malignant forms is permitted to survive anywhere in the world German power still can do us great Injury But that evil power is being destroyed surely inexorably inexorably inexorably ably day by day We p have hate reliable information that there Is la definite unrest and andA A growing dr desire for peace amon among the people of these satel- satel satellite lite lit countries Hun lIun Hungary gary gar Finland and Bulgaria The freeing of the Mediterranean Mediterranean nean will lead directly to resumption resumption resumption re re- re- re of our complete control of the waters of the eastern Indian ocean and the Bay of or Bengal Thus Thull we shall be enabled to strike the Japanese ese on another of their hIghly highly high hIgh- ly vulnerable flanks II I We face In the orient a long and difficult fight It would be the utmost folly for us to try to pretend otherwise It goes almost without saying that when Japan surrenders the united nations will never again let her have authority over the islands which were mandated to her by the League of or Nations In June and July we MO MOere were fOre worried by a reduction In the rate rale of Increase In production I am happy to report that the increase was resumed In August Au Au- gust In the month of September Septem her ber it is even en better We It still are a long long way from ultimate v victory in any major theater of or the war Nothing we can do will be more costly in tn lives than to adopt the attitude that the war has been won won won-or or nearly won We should move for greater economic economic economic eco eco- protection of our returning men and women In the armed and forces forces and for greater educational education education- al opportunities for them 55 And for all aU our citizens we w should hould provide a further measure of social security in order to protect protect pro pro- t them em against ce certain con continuing contin contin- Un- Un hazard of oj life ur |
