In November 1938, speaking for President Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt talked about the horrors of war in the aftermath of the Munich Agreement. According to the State College News account of her speech (pictured below), she advocated a permanent machinery to search out and mediate the causes of war. She spoke of the "sense of terrific doom and tension" at the White House during the Munich Crisis. She said that the strength of our government lay in our leaders knowing what citizens freely thought. She commented that "the only danger to our democracy is that the people will not carry their share of responsibility." Eleanor Roosevelt concluded, "I want us to be the most courageous people in the world, not because we are afraid, but because we have confidence in our desire to be just, both at home and abroad." (Right: Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt's secretary to State College for Teachers President A.R. Brubacher on White House stationary confirming her speaking plans, Speakers folder, 1934-39, President Brubacher Subject Files, Office of the President Records; Below, from left: Letter from President Brubacher to Eleanor confirming her appearance, President Brubacher Subject Files, Office of the President Records; State College News, November 11, 1938; State College News, November 18, 1938)