FDR

Your visit here today encourages me to believe that I have made it clear to the youth of America that their voice shall be heard.

The primary purpose of the United States of America is to avoid being drawn into war.

From these things, Latin America knows today that we have no motives or designs on South America.

We have prohibited all shipments of arms, ammunition and implements of war to the belligerent Governments.

With organizations like yours marshaled in a mighty crusade for peace, we may look forward to a time, let us hope, not far distant, when under the Providence of God, war shall be no more and peace shall be the heritage of men of good will.

I cannot restrain the impulse to record my appreciation of their heroism.

They will ever be held in honored reverence for their unselfish ministrations.

Ours will be the victory if we set ourselves resolutely to the performance of those spiritual and corporal acts of mercy which have ever been the salvation of men and of Nations.

This Government is determined not to become involved in the controversy and is anxious for the restoration and maintenance of peace.

We are making, I think, some real progress.

What we are seeking are greater uniformity of price and the avoidance of some of these terrific fluctuations.

Conditions in general are better than they were.

The Master Farmers' movement is well worth while.

The country as a whole is becoming more and more understanding of our general farm problems.

I hope you will always keep those homes, keep them for yourselves and for your fellow countrymen.

We are coming back more soundly than ever before because we are planning it that way.

I shall always bear with me a very happy recollection of this coming back home.

It is right and fitting that Stratford is being made once more a shrine to which the lovers of the history of our land can come from every part of the Nation.

I do hereby admonish all citizens of the United States...to abstain from every violation of the provisions of the Joint Resolution above set forth.

Notwithstanding the hope we entertained that war would be avoided, we are now compelled to recognize the simple and indisputable fact that Ethiopian and Italian armed forces are engaged in combat.

I do hereby proclaim that a state of war unhappily exists between Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Italy.

I desire it to be understood that any of our people who voluntarily engage in transactions of any character with either of the belligerents do so at their own risk.

I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States...the utmost diligence in preventing violations of the said Joint Resolution.

It has become my duty to issue, and I am today issuing, my Proclamation making effective an embargo on the exportation from this country to Ethiopia and Italy of arms, ammunition and implements of war.

I extend to you and to the officers and men of the Fleet my congratulations on the excellently executed tactical exercises today.