A Second World War Card Featuring Images Of, And Quotes From, An Early 1941 Famous Exchange Between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt And British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill Wsc Churchilliana

This intriguing bit of Second World War ephemera is an original Second World War card, produced in Canada, undated but presumably produced in 1941. The card features images and quotes from U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill.The card is printed on a single sheet measuring 12.5 x 9.5 inches folded once horizontally and once vertically to form panels of 6.25 x 4.75 inches. On the cover panel, in red, blue, and gold, are printed American and British flags with an encircled maple leaf medallion between them reading "GREETINGS FROM CANADA". Above the medallion are two clasped hands and above that an arched proclamation "UNITED WE STAND". On the left interior panel are images of Roosevelt and Churchill. Below Roosevelt’s image is the Longfellow quote he sent to Churchill on 27 January 1941 and below Churchill’s image is his 9 February reply to Roosevelt. On the right interior panel is an unattributed quote "We shall not fail or falter, | And of this we may be sure: | The cause of Right will triumph | And Freedom will endure | While Freemen stand together, | One for all and all for one, | In the task to save Democracy | Until the job is done!" On the rear panel is printed "MADE IN CANADA". Condition of this card is very good, modestly worn and wrinkled but complete and respectably clean. On the lower right interior panel is written "To Edie & Arthur | From Bee." On the lower right rear panel is written "34122".On Saturday, February 8th, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Lend-Lease Bill by 260 to 165 Votes. It had yet to pass the Senate and be signed by President Roosevelt, but a major hurdle absolutely crucial to the British had been passed. Churchill learned of the welcome news at Chequers (the country residence of the British prime minister) and later that day received a farewell visit from Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's emissary and a critical advocate and shaper of the Lend Lease Program. Hopkins discussed with Churchill many points in this speech that Churchill would deliver the following evening, which Hopkins noted had 'American public opinion' as 'the principle [sic] target'. (Gilbert, Vol. VI, pp. 1007-09) Churchill's February 9 broadcast to Britain and the Empire was his first broadcast for five months. Near the end of his remarks, Churchill quoted verse from a Longfellow poem which President Roosevelt had written out in his own hand and sent to Churchill on January 27: "Sail on, O Ship of State! | Sail on, O Union, strong and great! | Humanity with all its fears, | With all the hopes of future years, | Is hanging breathless on thy fate." Churchill concluded with his answer to President Roosevelt: "Put your confidence in us. Give us your faith and your blessing, and under Providence all will be well. We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job." The quotes on the left interior panel of this card are from this exchange between Roosevelt and Churchill.The United States enacted the Lend Lease Act in early March and soon thereafter extended its naval security zone several thousand miles into the Atlantic, effectively shielding much of the Atlantic convoy route.