Every once in a while you find a plant that isn't clicking quite as well as it should.

The Nation must have more money to run the war.

When the cost of living spirals upward, everybody becomes poorer.

Production of war materials here is now the greatest in our history, but it is not yet enough.

It will upset the whole war effort if they don't make certain sacrifices in the things they buy.

And I think that if the farmer's wife all the way through the country had it explained to her, about the cost of living to her, I think the farmer's wife would appreciate it, and understand it, and go along with the effort to stabilize the…

Take, for example, the agricultural family.

There remains the irreducible requirement for a volume of new public construction.

The continuation of an orderly market will be of vital importance both during the war and during the period of readjustment that will follow.

Elimination of private debts and accumulation of savings will provide a form of insurance against postwar depression.

Profits must be taxed to the utmost limit consistent with continued production.

We cannot fight this war, we cannot exert our maximum effort, on a spend-as-usual basis.

Every dime and dollar not vitally needed for absolute necessities should go into war bonds and stamps to add to the striking power of our armed forces.

As a national policy, the ceiling on farm products should be set at parity.

Where is the economy?

We must keep our eyes fixed now upon the one all-important primary task to produce more materials at a greater speed.

Things of that kind slow down industry so much less than illness slows down industry.

This fight against inflation is not fought with bullets or with bombs, but it is equally vital.