"If the vicious spiral of inflation ever gets under way, the whole economic system will stagger."
"We did not count in vain."
"The Nation must have more money to run the war."
"We must tax heavily, and in that process keep personal and corporate profits at a reasonable rate."
"The reason why price ceilings have not already been imposed on all food products is that paragraph 3 of the Emergency Price Control Act prohibits such ceilings until farm prices as a whole have gone u..."
"We are determined that no group shall suffer a shrinkage of its normal quota of basic necessities because some richer group can buy all the available supply at high prices."
"The Congress must realize that unless the existing control over farm prices is strengthened, we must abandon our efforts to stabilize wages and salaries and the cost of living."
"The cost of living goes up as fast as it is threatening to do in the immediate future."
"We cannot afford to let prices rise unchecked."
"It would be unfair to labor to stabilize wages and do nothing about the cost of food; it would be equally unfair to the farmer."
"I think I know the American farmers."
"We must stabilize the remuneration received by individuals for their work."
"The American people can also be sure that I shall not hesitate to use every power vested in me to accomplish the defeat of our enemies."
"The prevention of a spiraling domestic economy is a vital part of the winning of the war itself."
"When the cost of living spirals upward, everybody becomes poorer."
"This will require vast assemblies of weapons and men at all the vital points of attack."
"They have given their sons to the military services."
"They know just what stake they have in America, just what they are fighting for."
