01/18/1946
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"The Rush-Bagot Agreement was stated in less than 150 words."
"Our goal is a vast expansion of agriculture and industry throughout the world, with freer access to the raw materials and markets for all nations, and a wider distribution of the products of the earth..."
"This is the peaceful way, the sensible way, and the fair way to settle problems, whether between two nations that are close neighbors or among many nations widely separated."
"Our trade with each other is far greater than that of any other two nations on earth."