PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES PAN AMERICAN BOARD ON 50TH ANNIVERSARY. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 15. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, SHOWN HERE STANDING TO RECEIVE AN OVATION FROM MINISTERS AND AMBASSADORS FROM THE 21 PAN AMERICAN REPUBLICS, ADDRESSED THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE UNION ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY. HE SAID THAT HE HOPED THE AMERICAS WOULD NEVER HAVE TO RESORT TO FORCE FOR ITS DEFENSE, BUT THAT HE WAS CONVINCED THAT THE AMERICAS WOULD BY WHOLLY SUCCESSFUL IN DEFENDING THEIR WAY OF LIFE BECAUSE THE 'INNER STRENGTH OF A GROUP OF FREE PEOPLE IS IRRESISTIBLE WHEN THEY ARE PREPARED TO ACT