Excerpts from the Press Conference
08/01/1940
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I hereby exempt the said Harry F. Hawley from compulsory retirement for age for such time as may be deemed necessary, bu...
The logic of events and our clear and pressing national interest must override our old party controversies.
It is fruitless to try to place the blame for this situation on one particular Nation or on another.
Improved standards of nutrition, increased levels of farm incomes, avoidance of agricultural surpluses—these are among t...