...this Nation in foreign war. The President in his campaign addresses took his stand on this platform: I stand with my party upon the platform adopted at...outside of the Americas, except in case of attack." That was from the address to Teamsters' Union convention in Washington, September 11, 1940, by the...

...Again and again and again in your speeches, the members of the majority party repeated the Democratic platform adopted at Chicago: We will not participate...outside of the Americas, except in case of attack. The Republican platform was attacked by the Democrats as less specific but was defended by the Republicans...

...Republican Party is firmly opposed to involving this Nation in foreign war." The Democratic platform said : "We will not participate in foreign wars, and we will...outside of the Americas, except In case of attack." The President repeated these pledges again and again and again before a single draftee was called into...

...Republican Party is firmly opposed to involving this Nation in foreign war." The Democratic platform said : "We will not participate in foreign wars, and we will...outside of the Americas, except in case of attack." The President repeated these pledges again and again and again before a single draftee was called into...

...this— On October 23, 1940, at Philadelphia, he said: We are arming ourselves not for any foreign war. or air forces to fight in foreign lands outside of the Americas except in case of attack." It is for peace that I have labored, and it is for peace that I shall labor all the days of my life....

...conquest or intervention in foreign disputes. I repeat again that I stand on the platform of our party: "We will not participate in foreign wars and we will...outside of the Americas except in case of attack." It is for peace that I have labored, and it is for peace that I shall labor all the days of my life....

...split the convention wide open.11 It was therefore agreed to write into the platform the statement : "We will not participate in foreign wars, and we will...foreign lands outside of the Americas, except in case of attack."12 The adoption of this plank by the convention was most gratifying to Woodring, for it seemed...

...water and the nation forsook the gold standard. The Democratic platform of 1940 stated categorically, "We will not participate in foreign wars, and we will...outside of the Americas except in case of attack." In a memorable campaign speech in Boston, delivered during the ensuing campaign, Roosevelt repeated...

...foreign war"; the Democratic platform pledged aid but also said: "We will not participate in foreign war, and we will not send our army, naval or air forces...outside of the Americas, except in case of attack." The Republicans, in one of the great surprises of political history, nominated an unknown Indiana lawyer,...

...promise made to the American people only eight months ago, when he said re-peatedly during the campaign, "We will not participate in foreign wars, and we will...outside of the Americas, except in case of attack." 6 It is quite true that new circumstances may arise which could justify a change in policy, but surely...