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Anperè a pledwaye pou sipò entènasyonal yo pa t pran rasin nan Etazini yo, sitou pami Afriken-American òganizasyon senpatik peyi letiopi lakòz. Nan 1937, peyi letiopi Mondyal Federasyon an te fòme pou òganize ansanm epi pou kowòdone peyi letiopi Lagè efò yo nan Amerik ak Haile Selassie te bay yon Nwèl Jou radyo adrès pou pèp Ameriken an pou yo remèsye sipòtè li lè l 'taksi te enplike nan yon aksidan trafik, kite l' ak yon est nan jenou. Olye ke anile radyo a aparans, li t ' ap nan kantite doulè pou ranpli adrès la, nan ki li te lye Krisyanis ak bòn volonte ak Alyans Lig Nasyon yo, ak pwoklame ke "Lagè a se pa sèlman vle di yo sispann lagè a":
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The emperor’s pleas for international support did take root in the United States, particularly among African-American organizations sympathetic to the Ethiopian cause. In 1937, The Ethiopian World Federation was formed to organize and coordinate the Ethiopian War efforts in America and Haile Selassie was to give a Christmas Day radio address to the American people to thank his supporters when his taxi was involved in a traffic accident, leaving him with a fractured knee. Rather than canceling the radio appearance, he proceeded in much pain to complete the address, in which he linked Christianity and goodwill with the Covenant of the League of Nations, and asserted that “War is not the only means to stop war”: