Worried by the trend the President determined on a speech emphasizing international cooperation. At Chicago on October 5 Roosevelt suggested a collective “quarantine” of the forces breeding “international anarchy” whom he likened to the carriers of a disease. The result was a historic boomerang. Declaring that the President was “pointing” the people down the road to war, six major pacifist organizations launched a joint campaign for 25 million signatures to “Keep America Out of War.” The A. F. of L. disapproved the speech, Representative Fish proposed the President’s impeachment and a poll of
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