I urge my fellow citizens to be mindful of the Army's needs, to the end that our soldiers overseas do not lack the means of performing effectively their continuing duties.

I also remind our citizens that our Army, charged with responsibility for defending the United States and our territorial possessions, can carry out its duty only with the full support of our people.

I know that our people will always remember the soldiers who have suffered that we might remain free, and the families of those who have sacrificed their lives for our cause.

The United States seeks to achieve the purposes of the Charter.

To do less than our utmost in this essential effort of peace-loving nations, whatever may be the obstacles and difficulties, would be a betrayal of the trust of those who fought to win the opportunity to have a world at last with peace and…

The United States supports the fullest implementation of the principles of the Charter.

The United States seeks to perfect the Charter as experience lights the way.

The United States supports the Charter.

To do our utmost will be to give new and full expression to the meaning of 'America' to the world.

I deeply sympathize, however, with the Government of Poland in the particularly difficult situation in which it now finds itself with respect to its future grain supply.

The prevailing global scarcity of grain is such that no grain-importing country, however acute its needs, can hope to receive in the immediate future more than a portion of its needs.

The Director General of UNRRA advises me that the Administration has made every effort to meet the requests of Poland from the tonnages available to it within the allocations made to it.

In taking this step you are setting an excellent example to Washington and to the country as a whole.

I heartily concur in your proposal as Chairman of Collier's Congressional Awards Committee that the dinner scheduled for April sixth be cancelled.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statues, including Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and the Navy, it is hereby ordered that…

It is our duty, particularly here in Washington, to practice what we preach.

I could not take the action which you request without reiterating these convictions with all of the emphasis at my command.

I appreciate the motives which prompt your request for the withdrawal of my nomination of you as Under Secretary of the Navy.