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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1941 PAGE FTVF JIOOSEVELT GIVES TO (Continued tnua race om. dress "to excite public opinion tn the United States." In Canada the president's words were considered stronger than any previous assertions, and the general opinion seemed to be that the United States had moved a step closer to actual participation in a shooting war. There was an echo ol a by gone shooting war when Mr. Roosevelt flatly accused Ger many of waging "ruthless . . . unrestricted submarine war fare." It was the resumption of unrestricted submarine war fare early in 1917 that brought the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany which preceded the United States en try into the World war. As for the "unrestricted sub marine warfare of 1941," Presi dent Roosevelt said the United States was ready to deal with it in defensive waters "no matter what it takes, no matter what it costs." Although the White House had promised that the speech would leave no questions un answered, it contained only the vaguest indication of what parts of the sea were held to consti tute "defensive waters." More over, it made no mention of any decision to seek repeal of the neutrality act, and it was com pletely silent on the subject of the third axis power, Japan a silence some thought was signifi cant. In speaking of "defensive waters," Mr. Roosevelt made only one point clear that the seas immediately surrounding all American outposts were so i considered. The absence of a more explicit definition set leg islators studying previous presi dential pronouncements in an effort to work out one for them selves. The general conclusion was that the "keep out" zone would i Include all of the west Atlantic ; from Iceland down to the areas off the long South American coastline. However, Mr. Roose velt has indicated on several oc casions that, from the standpoint of defense, he considers the hemisphere's geographical boun dary an elastic line. Such a con ception, officials were quick to note, would not be calculated to hamper naval operations under last night's orders. The uncertainty of the subject was further heightened by this j passage from Mr. Roosevelt's ! address: j "No act of violence, no act of Intimidation will keep us from maintaining intact two bulwarks of American defense: First our line of supply of material to the enemies of Hitler, and second, : the freedom of our shipping on : the high seas." I The reference to the supply line to the enemies of Hitler was believed to be the basis for the British interpretation that American naval units would provide transatlantic guard for their shipping. It also started administration opponents pro claiming: "The convoys are coming." But Mr. Roosevelt had noth-, Ing more to say on this particu lar point, and no member of congress claimed authoritative knowledge on what he had in mind. ; There was speculation, how ever, that the insistence of free-! dom for American shipping on the high seas might presage some form of protection, naval or otherwise, in the Red sea area where the freighter Steel Seafarer was bombed to the bottom last Sunday. Called "Rattlesnakes" It was to the Atlantic, how ever, that Mr. Roosevelt ad dressed himself most of the time and he denounced axis raiders there as "pirates" and "rattle snakes." ". . . When you see a rattle snake poised to strike," he said, "you do not wait until he has struck before you crush him. "These Nazi submarines and raiders are the rattlesnakes of k the Atlantic. They are a menace to the free pathways of the high seas. They are a challenge of our own sovereignty. They ham mer at our most precious rights when they attack ships of the American flag symbols of our Independence, our freedom, our very life." Then, with measured empha sis, came these words: "In the waters which we deem necessary for our defense, American naval vessels and American planes will no longer wait until axis submarines lurk ing under the water, or axis raiders on the surface of the fa. strike their deadly blow first." EH OidFisnittel Rnini Editorial Comment On Roosevelt Talk Portland Oregon Journal (Ind. Dem.) If it was Hitler's pur-' pose to determine, by means of a series of increasingly provoca tive and belligerent acts. Just I how far he could go before I America would fight to defend ' her ships and sovereignty, he j louna out xnursaay nigm. in words of one syllable. President Roosevelt told him: "This far, and no farther. Here we fight." Br the Associated Press New York World-Telegram (Ind.) "The speech was a little more than pessimists had ex pected, yet a little less than op timists had anticipated." That, from the London point of view, isn't a bad size-up of the reac tion here, as between the inter ventionists and the non . . . The president in this latest move does not declare war, technical ly. But actually he comes so close to shooting and his own phrase "shooting means war" that congress should speak on the policy the president has ex pressed. Kansas City Star (Ind) It was a great speech the president made last night; moderate, rea soned, restrained. The speech did not invite war. It put the decision up to Hitler . . . certain ly it is a decision that involves risks. A decision to do nothing would involve greater risks. Philadelphia Inquirer (Ind Rep) This is not a policy of ag gression on the part of the Unit ed States. 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Louisville Times (Ind.-Dem.V-"The president's (shoot first) order is in the natural sequence of events. It does not indicate a new policy. It merely reveals amplification of means by which an end has for some time been sought; defeat of Hitler at such cost as the project may require. Hitler, today, or tomorrow, is free to do what he believes it practical to do about it." New York Post (Ind.) De mocracy spoke last night; it spoke the fact that its opposition to Nazism is not based on inci dents but on a fundamental dis tinction between the moral and the immoral . . . many of us, not limited by the great but confin ing horizons of office, free to adventure in our. own minds as no president of all the people can be, will not be content. We seek more than was offered last night. We ask instant action to destroy the Nazi menace once and for all; a final joining in the world issue for a settlement. Cleveland News (R) The United States today has reas sumed its true character as a nation of 130 million people of independence and dignity, with enough foresight to desire sur vival in a quaking world and enough courage to assure it. The policy enunciated last night by President Roosevelt is the. least that this nation may under take in today's circumstances. POWDER t lb. box 20C Shortening Swift's Jewel 3-lb. pkg. 49c A Fancy Steer Dee! Shoulder Round Steak Boiling Meat .lb. 2C lb. 14 Ham and Veal Fatties, lb. 30f Fancy Chickens and Rabbits ft ynm sr rnt r hanttns fee tore to slop fwr for Lenrh Meats SPINACH ROYAL CLUB S "2 15c CAVALRY AIDS IN Taeoma, Wash., Sept. 12. (P) The 115th cavalry (Wyoming) regiment was called out today from Fort Lewis to aid the search for the army' missing twin-motored bomber which dis appeared with crew of six four days ago. Troopers searched a thickly wooded area five miles east of Fort Lewis and McChord field after state patrolmen received reports of flares being seen in the Hillhurst lake area, , The cavalrymen were accom panied by ambulances and mo torcycle messengers. On. Killed. Hurt New York. Sept. 12. P) One man was killed and six other men and two boys were injured seriously today in an explosion in a shellac factory in Brooklyn. The dead man was believed to be Fred Fielder, 40, only employe unaccounted for. IT'S HERE SATURDAY . Bread or Cake f x J It ' VITAMINS At Saving Prices Dlcalclum Phosphate with Viosterol, 60's . A NEW LOW PRICE ON SQUIBB'S OR ABBOTT'S A-B-D-O CAPSULES Itc package of 25 59 11.59 package of 50 i)HC 12.69 package of 100 91.78 Vitamin B. Tablets QQ 1000 units. 100 for 09 C Cod Liver Oil 1Q. 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