Word: neutral
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cynical view of many a New Dealer was last week expressed by Kenneth G. Crawford, who wrote in the Nation: "Is the Roosevelt Administration neutral? Certainly not. Is there any chance of the U. S. to stay out of another world war? Practically none. Will the Rooseveit program of liberal reform go on in the event of a general war? It will not. . . . Would the outbreak of a war mean a third term for President Roosevelt? Probably...
Last week Felix, consort of Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg hurriedly ended a goodwill visit to the U. S., sailed home to his wife's tiny (999 sq. mi.), neutral land right beside which Germans and French were fighting (see p. 15). Courtly, friendly Felix left too soon to hear the news about one of Luxembourg's several unsalaried consuls...
...Roosevelt's alert Ambassador Joe, was shot by his sire from London up to Glasgow last week to help interview survivors of the sunken S. S. Athenia. He was authorized to say that the U. S. steamer Orizaba was being sent over to fetch the Athenians home. The neutral yacht Stella Polaris was also being sought from Raymond-Whitcomb Travel Service (world tours...
...John faltered: "We are still neutral and the neutrality law still holds...
Elliott Roosevelt, like his father (see p. 13), had his say over the radio: "We haven't been neutral in spirit, because it is impossible for decent human beings to remain neutral in the face of scientific barbarity, but as a unit, as a nation, we will have to make up our minds as to just what our course of action will be as regards this awful destruction...