War

We need houses to help win the war.

In a war, public opinion goes up and down with things which look big at the moment that actually are merely a part of a war.

There is hereby created, for the duration of the war and six months thereafter, a National Railway Labor Panel of nine members, hereinafter referred to as the Panel.

It is going to be a long war, and there is no reason for being overoptimistic one week and over pessimistic the next week.

The national interest demands that for the effective prosecution of the war there shall be no strike votes taken, or dates fixed for the beginning of strikes, or strikes, lock-outs, or embargoes put into effect.

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

The Secretary of Commerce is directed to make, subject to the exercise by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget of his responsibilities for the coordination of Federal statistical activities, such special investigations and reports of…

The American people spiritually prepared for war on a world-wide scale.

We realize that the war has become what Hitler originally proclaimed it to be- a total war.

This great war effort must be carried through to its victorious conclusion by the indomitable will and determination of the people as one great whole.

It is indefensible that those who enjoy large incomes from State and local securities should be immune from taxation while we are at war.

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

We do not intend after this war to present the same disastrous situation to those brave men who today are fighting our battles in all parts of the world.

I suggested a name myself—The Survival War.

This order shall remain in force during the continuance of the present war and for six months after the termination thereof.

I think that a recurrence of that should be prevented at the end of this war.

I declare and proclaim that the articles listed below shall, on and after April 15, 1942, be considered arms, ammunition, and implements of war.

I do hereby declare an emergency to exist by reason of the present war.