“It was neither “feasible” nor “desirable” when the peace of the entire world was at stake and when the democracies were threatened by “autocratic governments backed by organized force.” The United States could never trust such a government or treat it as a friend.
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“Two troops of the Second Cavalry guarded the approaches” to the Capitol building. Secret Service officers, postal inspectors, and police swarmed the area to “see that no harm from the lovers of peace befell the President of the United States in his discharge of a constitutional duty.” The audience admitted to the Capitol building was “carefully sifted.”

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