main such a program must be worked out by the nations more directly
concerned.  They must themselves turn to the heroic remedies for the
menacing conditions under which they are struggling, then we can help, and
we mean to help.  We shall do so unselfishly because there is compensation
in the consciousness of assisting, selfishly because the commerce and
international exchanges in trade, which marked our high tide of fortunate
advancement, are possible only when the nations of all continents are
restored to stable order and normal relationship. 

In the main the contribution of this Republic to restored normalcy in the
world must come through the initiative of the executive branch of the
Government, but the best of intentions and most carefully considered
purposes would fail utterly if the sanction and the cooperation of Congress
were not cheerfully accorded. 

I am very sure we shall have no conflict of opinion about constitutional
duties or authority.  During the anxieties of war, when necessity seemed
compelling there were excessive grants of authority and all extraordinary
concentration of powers in the Chief Executive.  The repeal of war-tinie
legislation and the automatic expirations which attended the peace