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...There remains the grim fact that in order to perfect our democracy we must be allowed to do so free from external pressure and from internal dissension. So I say, let us make ready to defend the America that is, and the chance to make the America that is to be. How shall we defend America...
...deal itself had been foreshadowed. In a speech at the dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park day before, the President said: "New bases must be established-and I think they will be established-to enable our fleet to defend our shores." Three weeks before, correspondents had already questioned him about the possibility of trading destroyers for bases, and Franklin Roosevelt had flatly denied any connection-but reporters know better than to believe him implicitly. What electrified the crowded roomful of correspondents was the audacity with which the deal was consummated: it would not be presented to Congress...
...from attacking the U. S., making possible their defeat if they attempt it. Also historic may be: 1) the repercussions of the deal in the campaign of 1940, and 2) the precedent set for executive action without approval of Congress. Snorted William Allen White, chairman of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies: "The only objection seems to be that Roosevelt didn't cross Niagara Falls on a tight rope, leading a brass band. When you're negotiating a horse trade you can't take all the neighbors into your confidence...
...head of their ticket in a campaign year. Besides, Mr. Roosevelt, more forehanded than Jefferson, had thought to arm himself. Attorney General Jackson in an opinion had found that the President, as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, was not only authorized to provide bases to defend the U. S., he was forbidden to "risk any delay." He also argued that the President had authority to dispose of naval vessels. And since no money was involved in the deal Congress did not have to be asked for an appropriation. Legal or not, the deal was done...
...wrote of the Constitution: "The merchants, landov/ners, manufacturers, they shippers wanted. and ..." Some bankers of were the given critics fail what to quote the rest of the sentence, which modifies the beginning: "... namely, a government which would stabilize the money and trade, keep order within the country and defend the nation against foreign enemies...