Such action as the Congress may take should be for a long enough period of time--which means at least a year--so that the planning and execution of the mobilization program may not be fatally harassed by prolonged nation-wide uncertainty concerning national policy.
Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Transmitting Report of the National Advisory Board on...
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