Excerpts from the Press Conference
07/20/1942
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The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and of danger.
I hereby exempt the said Harry F. Hawley from compulsory retirement for age for such time as may be deemed necessary, bu...
I do know it will come, and I do know that tonight there are over seven and a half million Americans overseas or fightin...
It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.