"Farmers and the War." Address before joint meeting of farmers and businessmen, Omaha, Nebraska, March 14
Dates
- Other: March 14
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 168.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Materials Specific Details
Same feeling of homecoming as farm boy; "war for very survival of our nation"; soil ready to respond to needs; wartime prosperity short-lived; value of Ever Normal Granary as assurance for future; enemies of farm program put to shame; must not have strikes; Axis to make one last desperate, all-out attempt in summer of 1943; America now awake; foresight of Roosevelt and Mull (Henry A. Wallace himself was bitterly attacked); must recognize role of other United Nations; must lift our eyes to distant horizons of time and space; we are not a "master race"; treatment of Germany and Japan; "psychological disarmament"; we will win, because fighting for common man in all the nations; must not let "normalcy boys" or isolationists take charge; why we should be thankful, not fighting alone; pledge of Martin Treptow; take courage when we use what others have gone through; our God a God of battles
Repository Details
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