Word: musts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...existence of this fear ... is of definite concern to the people of the United States. . . . Any major war . . . must bear heavily on them during its continuance and also for generations to come...
...tide of events seems to have reverted to the threat of arms. If such threats continue, it seems inevitable that much of the world must become involved in common ruin. All the world, victor nations, vanquished nations and neutral nations, will suffer...
...Such an assurance clearly must apply not only to the present day but also to a future sufficiently long to give every opportunity to work by peaceful methods for a more permanent peace. I therefore suggest that you construe the word 'future' to apply to a minimum period of assured non-aggression-ten years at the least-a quarter of a century, if we dare look that far ahead...
...Dictators (see p. 19), rejection by them, perhaps an insulting rebuff to Franklin Roosevelt, seemed certain. In that event, public opinion in the U. S. would form in one of two ways: behind him more strongly than ever as a champion who, having done his best for peace, must now do his best for the Democracies; or against him more strongly than ever as an international meddler who having futilely exposed the dignity and good faith of the U. S., must now take a back seat, let the U. S. retire into its shell...
...Jersey introduced a bill requiring the President to take command of the Army in the field, should war come, and drafting for active service (without commissions) the Vice President, Cabinet members, war-voting members of Congress, directors of munitions companies, war-loan bankers. Any one pleading physical disability must spend the duration...