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0:: :17 J 278 tem'porarily to open their frontiers to all victims of oppression. ,We shall find havens of refuge for them, and we shall find the means for their main- ,tenance and support until the tyralit is driven from their,homelailds and they may return. In.the name of'justice and humanity let I'll free-, dom-Ioving people rally to this righteous under- takiilg. ,GERMAN INvASION OF HUNGARY Statement by the 'Secretary of State lReleased to tbe press March 241 The rapid decline of Nazi tyranny'has nevcr been sO apparent as today, when Hitler, in growing awareness that he cannot withstand the united efforts of the freedom-loving peoples of the world, has shown 'his desperatiOli by, turning with his accustomed treachery upon a former ally. Only by firm resistance to the'hated invader can Hnngary, the first of the Axis satellites to feel the Nazi'whip, hope to regain the respect and friend. ship of free nations and demonstrate its right to independence. FALSE RUMORS OF POSSIBLE FUTURE ,COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ~TED STATES AND THE VICHY REGIME [Releas'ed to the press March 21) The following statement by the Department of State was issued in response to a request for com- , ) DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN ment on reports emanating from Algiers to ,the effect that concern had been expressed there that the United States Government might in the future collaborate with officials at the Vichy regime: - . I . The absurd reports and rumors periodicl\lIy oc- curring, which are evidently in'spired, endeavoring to create the impression that this Government upon the liberation of France intends to deal with the Vichy regime or with certain individuals directly or indirectly supportiilg the policy of collabora- tion 'with Germany, are false on their face. The fact that this Government kept representatives at Vichy for some time for such vital purposes as , combating Nazi designs, the preservation of the French fleet from German' hands; and the preveil- tion of Nazi occupation of French Africa or, the est,ablishment of military bases therc, has been most amazingly and falsely represented as founded upon a sympathetic relationship betw'een the American Govet'nment and pro-Axis supporters at Vichy. Every person at all informed knew that throughout the entire period just the opposite was the truth. No loyal supporter of the Allied cause would make the ridicnlous charge that the United State. Government, while sending its military forces and va.t military supplies to the mo.t distant battle- field. to prosecute the war against theAxis powers, would at the same time have any dealings or rela- tions with the Vichy regime except for the purpose of abolishing it. ' ,THE DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF AMERICAN CmZENSIDP Addre8s'by A.sistant Secretary Berle I [Released to the press March 22] F'ELi.Ow TEACHERB: 'Ve are gl\thered to take coimsel together tonight on a part which may fall to the United State. as the w'ar comes to a close and the'post-war era begins. Your counseling is of unlimited importance, for you have under your guidance the boys and girlS who will sustain that part and 'the high privileges and great burdens. which go with ft. No greater respon.ibility exists aJ)y;'hei-e. The world crisis through which we 'are passing came from causes deeper than the mere villainy of certain groups of men. It is true beyond doubt that in the Axis countries, and to some extent else- where, small groups of evil people, 'handed to- gether to seize power with force and violence, to share that power with others who would likewi.e deny any moraI' basis for society; and so to make themselves dictators of their own country, slave- drivers to ,their own peoples, and attempte~ to make themselves conquerors of the rest of the world. It. is undeniable that this effort is now doomed to certain defeat, Yet it came closer to success than we like to think. 1 Delivered at School men's Week Convention, University of PennsylvanIa. Pblladelphla, lilaI'. 22.1944.