FDR: “I hereby exempt the said Burnett Booker from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending July 31…”

All sections of our population—labor, farmers, businessmen have shared and will share in the benefits which increased trade brings.

We are absolutely un changed in our policy of two years ago, for immediate Filipino independence.

I recommend that the Congress authorize the acceptance of the Constitution and the participation of the United States in the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization.

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