Remarks to Visiting Protestant Ministers. Washington, D.C.
01/30/1938
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It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to take possession of any and all such mines.
This year we give as well in necessity—necessity for our own.
The logic of events and our clear and pressing national interest must override our old party controversies.