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Fireside chat
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
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Date
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1940
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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NBC announcers set the stage for the only FDR fireside chat ever delivered before a live audience. FDR asks for broader powers to protect all of the Americas from the growing war in Europe.
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation before the first lottery numbers are drawn for the military draft
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Creator
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
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Date
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1940-10-29
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation before the first lottery numbers are drawn for the military draft from the "fish bowl." Roosevelt says that those selected will join the proud history and an honorable tradition of the United States Army, which he says exists solely for the defense of our freedom. Roosevelt assert that Americans always have and always will answer the call until war is "banished from the earth." Following Roosevelt's comments, U.S. Secretary of War...
Show moreU.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation before the first lottery numbers are drawn for the military draft from the "fish bowl." Roosevelt says that those selected will join the proud history and an honorable tradition of the United States Army, which he says exists solely for the defense of our freedom. Roosevelt assert that Americans always have and always will answer the call until war is "banished from the earth." Following Roosevelt's comments, U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. draw the first two numbers and Roosevelt reads the numbers aloud.
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