Pamphlet. Address "broadcast from the [Monongalia County] courthouse over WAJR on January 8, 1942" by Minter L. Wilson, judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of West Virginia. Includes brief introduction and quotes from various leaders in response to the address. Provides a brief history of the United States in times of war and reviews the events leading up to World War II and an outlook for the country's role.