I requested the labor unions not to strike, back in November; and for 99 days they tried to negotiate and get an answer.
It was a message from me to Stalin to get out of Persia.
There is only one thing, and that is prosperity at home, and peace in the world.
We simply cannot afford a penny-wise-pound-foolish attitude about the cost of adequate civil defense.
It did not hurt the Republic. In fact, it made the Republic better.
The Congress itself has a real responsibility here.
Well, you had better read your history and find out.
I am transmitting herewith for the attention of the Congress the first Annual Report of the Federal Civil Defense Administration.
Instead the Congress provided only $75 million.
I really believe that anyone who reflects upon this matter will understand why that is so.
This is a comprehensive report on a most important subject.