Mrs. Roosevelt's Visit
All who listened to Mrs. Roosevelt's broadcast last Sunday were impressed by her strong, sympathetic account of what she had seen in this country and by her insistence on the need for a continued effort after the war to think on international lines and take the direction of the world out of the hands of timid souls and self-seekers. It is reassuring to think that hers may be the authentic voice of an America allied with us in the future as well as in war. She has been a welcome representative of the President and her country in our midst, sparing no pains to become acquainted with all sorts of people and to see them at their war-stations. She spoke especially of the part that women are taking in the work of winning the war, and the hope that lies in the acceptance of responsibility by them and by young people. Her presence has served to create a new personal contact with the United-States. By her understanding and tact she has been able to do something that no ambassador or statesman can aim at doing, and not for this country only, but doubtless also for her own, whose people will have followed the accounts of her journey and will certainly hear of the impressions she has formed.
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