FDR: “I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War to assume full control of the public airports on the…”

This year we give as well in necessity—necessity for our own.

The coming total defeat of our enemies, and of the philosophy of conflict and aggression... gives us a new chance and a better chance than we have ever had to bring about conditions under which the Nations of the world substitute…

We seek peace—enduring peace.

As their Commander in Chief I call upon you, my fellow Americans, to oversubscribe the 1945 Red Cross War Fund.