FDR: “I am in the middle of a war.”

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

The logic of events and our clear and pressing national interest must override our old party controversies.

It is not really of any great importance.

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