MRS. ROOSEVELT'S READY REPLIES
Los Angeles, April 29 Mrs Roosevelt, wife of tlie President, was given a protective escort of Secret Service men for her lecture at the Philharmonic Auditorium last night, after an anonymous letter had been received saying that it would be picketed for peace. There was, however, no disturbance. Mrs Roosevelt was asked: "Do you think the President will keep his promise and keep us out of war?" She replied: "He hasn't made any such promise. He has said he wants peace and if it's possible to stay at peace we will do so, but the ultimate decision rests with the people." To another member of the audience who said "Tell the President we will not give our lives in any place except in America," she declared: "Any American who will not fight in any place his country asks him to fight is is not an American, '
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13326, 1 May 1941, Page 5
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