both the president and Mrs Roosevelt would talk a lot about what went on he would say every time one gives into Hitler his Ambitions become greater and he wants more and I think the president felt that in the end u a war was unavoidable but Roosevelt's hands had been hied by Congress and a cautious public desperate to do something Roosevelt broadcast a personal appeal to Hitler asking him to Halt further aggression in reply Hitler ridiculed the powerless president with withering sarcasm [Music] land L estland nor Sweden Denmark Netherland Belgium cranland FR Portugal spanian the SCH
Lin lurg Poland ranian Yugoslavian Rand Bulgarian tury Iraq Arabian Syrian Palestina in essence he was being told by Hitler you're not a player in this world political game we don't count you for very much and we know that you've got a big political headache your isolationists are not going to let you do anything you have all these neutrality laws if we go to war against Britain and France you're not going to have a significant say in things and it I think deepened his frustration he knew it he knew Hitler was right in that sense at
least for the moment
