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BEST BROADCASTS OF 1938-39
Hull. — Our envoys already have their instructions. They have full discretion to deal with any emergency which would require evacuation of American nationals. In Prague and other posts, there are bombproof shelters, and American consular authorities have arranged facilities for our citizens.
Sound. — Door.
Aide. — {Coming up) Excuse me, Mr. Secretary. The President is calling from Rochester.
Hull. — You must excuse me, please, gentlemen. {Sound of news hawks exiting) Good morning. Good-by. {Phone ojff hook) Hello . . . hello, Mr. President. . . .
Music. — Up and down.
Van. — From Cordell Hull to Franklin Roosevelt goes word that three more Sudeten districts have been placed under martial law. Czechoslovakia has called out two more reserve classes to the colors . . . 140,000 men. And a few hours later, on the observation platform of a train, drawn up in the station at Rochester, Minnesota, home of the famed Mayo Clinic, stands Franklin Roosevelt, his hands gripping the railing in front of him:
F.D.R. — My friends . . . here I came as a father and not as President, and you treated me accordingly. I am going away knowing that you still will be pulling for that boy of mine. {Pause) I am not going back to my Hudson River home now but to Washington. For, as you know, conditions of affairs abroad are extremely serious. That is why I go back to the national capital, as President.
Couple of Voices Offstage. — Good-by, Mr. President . . . Good-by, Mr. Roosevelt . . . good-by. . . . {Train starts chuffing . . . music sneak) Good-by . . . good-by. . . .
Sound. — Train and music up and down.
Van. — It is late Wednesday night when the first official communique is flashed from Germany, and the world learns that Adolf Hitler has summoned an emergency meeting of his Council for War. In Nazi party headquarters in Munich, Chief General von Brauchitz, Reichswehr Chief of Staff Keitel, General Reichenau have been conferring with their Fuhrer for 3 hours. An aide enters the council chamber.
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