This Crisis In American Life

A speech before the Republican Convention at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hoover argues every nation has failed in its promises to mankind. He decries the advances of communism, saying civilization is at stake, with America being the old one that preserve liberty the world over. He is highly critical of the Soviet Union and sympathizers within America. He says the 1946 American elections were the first turn from collectivism in decades any where in the world. He ends by recounting the positive values of America in times of war and in peace.