PEACE PRAYERS
BETTER THAN LAST
ROOSEVELT MESSAGE
ENDING OF HATRED
ELIMINATION OF FEAR
(Reed. Nov. 13, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 11
In an Armistice Day message, President Roosevelt declared: "We work and pray for peace, seeking a peace better than that which ended the Great War.”
'The message was delivered by telephone in connection with the centenary celebrations of the Virginia Military Institute. He said that there was nothing inconsistent in talking of peace at a school of arms. Americans never had the illusion that peace and freedom could be based on weakness.
However, the only legitimate aim of an armed force was the restoration of civil rights.
Referring to the armistice of 1918 he said: "Now we need a better peace, a peace which will cause men at length to lay down weapons and hatred and forgo the purposeless ambitions which have created fear.
"We seek a language in which neighbour can talk to neighbour, whereby the common, homely instincts foifnd everywhere may reach expression through the elimination of fear," said Mr. Roosevelt.
"I have sought, and I still seek, the road toward this peace. It must be the goal of all of us whose dearest desire is quiet peace under liberty.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20093, 13 November 1939, Page 7
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