Excerpts from the Press Conference
02/23/1942
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We will be making as sound an investment as any Government can make; the dividends are payable in human life and health.
Ideally, the Federal Government should exercise responsibility of leadership and assistance to the States.
Those who have collaborated with the enemy must be removed from authority and influence over the political and economic life of the country.
The United States shall drive the treacherous, invading Japanese from the Philippine Islands.