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FDR Speech to Congress - Good Neighbor Policy

Reel Number: 221085-17

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1936

Country: USA

Location: DC,Washington

TC Begins: 11:49:31

TC Ends: 12:00:33

Duration: 00:11:02

FDR Speech to Congress - Good Neighbor Policy President Roosevelt cheered by joint session of Congress; FDR introduced & speaks standing up re 04Mar33. Also about “This policy of the Good Neighbor...is effective in US” - “The rest of the world, now there's the rub” - “Law of the Sword” - “We have sought...to limit armament...exert our moral influence...in favor of freedom of expression...religious tolerance” - “The United States and the rest of the Americas can do one thing...neutrality...to persuade other nations to return to the days of peace and goodwill” - “They engage in...propaganda...to gang up against the people's liberties” - “Let action to be positive and not negative” - talks about Congress, voting & economics. Economics. Pre-WWII. Diplomacy.

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