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158 ([Indorsing University Scholarships for
Refugees from Germany. December 14, 1938
My dear Mr. Lane:
I HAVE received your letter df December 2, 1938, and am deeply
interested to note the plans which the President and Corporation of Harvard University and the student body are making to
provide for scholarships and support for refugees of all creeds
from Germany.
This program appears to be in the best traditions of the University, and I sincerely hope that it will be taken up by other
institutions throughout the country.
Very sincerely yours,
Mr. Robert E. Lane,
Harvard Committee
To Aid German Student Refugees,
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
159 { Address at Groundbreaking for the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D. C. December 15, 1938
Mr. Gibboney, Members of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Commission:
a hundred years ago, the Congress of the United States,
in response to a general public demand, undertook to provide
a memorial in the Nation's Capital to the first President of the
United States, George Washington. There followed many years
of controversy both as to the type of memorial and as to its location. The Washington Monument emerged as the result of Congressional action.
Half a century ago, again in response to public demand, the
NEARLY
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Congress began the consideration of a monument to the memory
of Abraham Lincoln, the preserver of the Union. Years went by
and a distinguished committee, following the broad objectives
of the original plan for the development of the National Capital,
recommended the creation of two broad axes in the general
form of a cross —one axis from the Capitol through the Mall
past the Washington Monument to the river bank, and the other
axis from the White House past the Washington Monument
to another point near the river.
In line with this well considered plan, the Congress erected
the Lincoln Memorial at the end of the longer axis and it was
then the clear intention both of the Congress and of the many
planning committees and commissions who studied the subject
to complete the other axis from the White House to the river
by the erection of a public monument at the fourth corner of
the cross.
For far more than fifty years, Thomas Jefferson, the third
President of the United States, has been recognized by our citizens not only for the outstanding part which he took in the
drafting of the Declaration of Independence itself, not only for
his authorship of the Virginia statute for religious freedom, but
also for the services he rendered in establishing the practical
operation of the American Government as a democracy and not
as an autocracy.
For very many years, it has seemed appropriate that with
Washington and Lincoln, his services should be held in memory
by the erection of a monument of equal dignity. We are breaking ground, today, for such a memorial. The Congress of the
United States, through a distinguished Commission, has, after
long consideration, chosen this site and made thefirstappropriations for the creation of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial.
In the days to come, the millions of American citizens who
each year visit the National Capital will have a sense of gratitude
that at last an adequate permanent National Memorial to
Thomas Jefferson has been placed at this beautiful spot because
as the Joint Resolution of the Congress says: "The American
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�iSo.Aid to Spanish Sufferers
people feel a deep debt of gratitude to Thomas Jefferson" and
"honor the services rendered by him."
160 ([ A Letter in Behalf of Giving Aid to the
Spanish Sufferers. December 19, 1938
My dear Mr. McDonald:
FACTUAL REPORTS on
conditions in Spain give me deep concern
over the extreme hardships and sufferings there of millions of
civilians and particularly of the women and children.
Since the outset of the war in Spain the American Red Cross
has expended a considerable sum in emergency assistance to
Americans stranded in that country and in humanitarian work
in the territories of both factions through the International
Red Cross Committee. In view, however, of the increased suffering in Spain, the American Red Cross recently contributed
the funds necessary to secure 60,000 barrels of flour for impartial distribution among the women and children in proportion to need in order to prevent starvation.
For this purpose the Red Cross obtained wheat from the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation at a nominal cost and
the United States Maritime Commission provided free ocean
transportation to France. The Red Cross paid the cost of processing the wheat into flour, the rail transportation and other incidental charges and thus by an expenditure of some $66,000 it
was able to furnish flour to the value of about $250,000.
The flour thus furnished by the Red Cross was distributed
under the supervision of the American Friends Service Committee which has been carrying on impartial relief activities in
Spain. The aid thus far rendered by the American Red Cross
and the American Friends Service Committee has been of inestimable value but wholly inadequate to meet the needs. The
60,000 barrels of flour which were shipped will be entirely
consumed by the end of January. Every effort should, therefore,
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147 ([Statement on the Anniversary of the
Attacks on Norway and Denmark.
April 9, 1945
marks the anniversary of the infamous and ruthless attack on Denmark and Norway. For five long years the Danish
and Nonvegian peoples have suffered under the heel of the Nazi
oppressor. Yet never has their courage lagged. Never have they
ceased to resist. Very soon their period of martyrdom will be
ended. Then, as the peoples of Denmark and Norway have
fought as allies in the common struggle against the forces of aggression, so will they work with the other like-minded Nations to
insure the maintenance of world peace and security.
TODAY
148 (["Let Us Move Forward with Strong and
Active Faith" — Undelivered Address Prepared
for Jefferson Day. April 13, 1945
are gathered together this evening in communities
all over the country to pay tribute to the living memory of
Thomas Jefferson — one of the greatest of all democrats; and I
want to make it clear that I am spelling that word "democrats"
with a small d.
I wish I had the power, just for this evening, to be present at
all of these gatherings.
In this historic year, more than ever before, we do well to
consider the character of Thomas Jefferson as an American citizen of the world.
AMERICANS
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As Minister to France, then as our first Secretary of State and
as our third President, Jefferson was instrumental in the establishment of the United States as a vital factor in international
affairs.
It was he who first sent our Navy into far-distant waters to
defend our rights. And the promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine was the logical development of Jefferson's far-seeing foreign
policy.
Today this Nation which Jefferson helped so greatly to build
is playing a tremendous part in the battle for the rights of man
all over the world.
Today we are part of the vast Allied force — a force composed
of flesh and blood and steel and spirit —which is today destroying the makers of war, the breeders of hatred, in Europe and in
Asia.
In Jefferson's time our Navy consisted of only a handful of
frigates headed by the gallant U.S.S. Constitution —Old Ironsides — but that tiny Navy taught Nations across the Atlantic
that piracy in the Mediterranean — acts of aggression against
peaceful commerce and the enslavement of their crews — was
one of those things which, among neighbors, simply was not
done.
Today we have learned in the agony of war that great power
involves great responsibility. Today we can no more escape the
consequences of German and Japanese aggression than could we
avoid the consequences of attacks by the Barbary Corsairs a
century and a half before.
We, as Americans, do not choose to deny our responsibility.
Nor do we intend to abandon our determination that, within
the lives of our children and our children's children, there will
not be a third world war.
We seek peace — enduring peace. More than an end to war,
we want an end to the beginnings of all wars —yes, an end to
this brutal, inhuman, and thoroughly impractical method of
settling the differences between governments.
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The once powerful, malignant Nazi state is crumbling. The
Japanese war lords are receiving, in their own homeland, the
retribution for which they asked when they attacked Pearl
Harbor.
But the mere conquest of our enemies is not enough.
We must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts
and the fears, the ignorance and .the greed, which made this
horror possible.
Thomas Jefferson, himself a distinguished scientist, once
spoke of "the brotherly spirit of Science, which unites into one
family all its votaries of whatever grade, and however widely
dispersed throughout the different quarters of the globe."
Today, science has brought all the different quarters of the
globe so close together that it is impossible to isolate them one
from another.
Today we are faced with the preeminent fact that, if civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships — the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together
and work together, in the same world, at peace.
Let me assure you that my hand is the steadier for the work
that is to be done, that I move more firmly into the task, knowing that you — millions and millions of you — are joined with me
in the resolve to make this work endure.
The work, my friends, is peace. More than an end of this war
— an end to the beginnings of all wars. Yes, an end, forever, to
this impractical, unrealistic settlement of the differences between governments by the mass killing of peoples.
Today, as we move against the terrible scourge of war — as we
go forward toward the greatest contribution that any generation
of human beings can make in this world —the contribution of
lasting peace, I ask you to keep up your faith. I measure the
sound, solid achievement that can be made at this time by the
straight edge of your own confidence and your resolve. And to
you, and to all Americans who dedicate themselves with us to
the making of an abiding peace, I say:
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our
doubts of today. Let us move fonvard with strong and active
faith.
NOTE: This is the latest draft of
the President's proposed speech,
The last sentence was written into
the typed draft in his own hand.
The draft was not the final one;
the preparation of the final draft
was prevented by death.
The President died at 4:35 P.M.
Eastern Standard Time, April 12,
1945, at Warm Springs, Georgia.
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<p>Michael Waldman was Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting from 1995-1999. His responsibilities were writing and editing nearly 2,000 speeches, which included four State of the Union speeches and two Inaugural Addresses. From 1993 -1995 he served as Special Assistant to the President for Policy Coordination.</p>
<p>The collection generally consists of copies of speeches and speech drafts, talking points, memoranda, background material, correspondence, reports, handwritten notes, articles, clippings, and presidential schedules. A large volume of this collection was for the State of the Union speeches. Many of the speech drafts are heavily annotated with additions or deletions. There are a lot of articles and clippings in this collection.</p>
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