Quarantine Speech

The Quarantine Speech was given by U.S. President [Franklin D. Roosevelt] on October 5, 1937 in [Chicago], calling for an international "quarantine of the aggressor nations" as an alternative to the political climate of American neutrality and non-intervention that was prevalent at the time. The speech intensified America's isolationist mood, causing protest by non-interventionists and foes to intervene. No countries were directly mentioned in the speech, although it was interpreted as referring to Japan, Italy, and Germany.^[1] Roosevelt suggested the use of economic pressure, a forceful response, but less direct than outright aggression.

Public response to the speech was mixed. Famed cartoonist Percy Crosby, creator of Skippy (comic strip) and very outspoken Roosevelt critic, bought a two-page advertisement in the New York Sun to attack it.^[2] In addition, it was heavily criticized by Hearst-owned newspapers and Robert R. McCormick of the Chicago Tribune, but several subsequent compendia of editorials showed overall approval in US media.^[3]

Footnotes

External links

• Transcript and Audio of Speech http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/detail/3310

References

• Franklin D. Roosevelt and American foreign policy, 1932-1945: with a new afterword, Robert Dallek, 1995, Oxford University Press. Page 152. [1]. ISBN 978-0-19-509732-0.
• No more killing fields: preventing deadly conflict. David A. Hamburg, Cyrus S. Vance, 2003, Rowman & Littlefield. Pages 36–37. [2]. ISBN 978-0-7425-1675-5.

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