FDR: “When the dictators, if the dictators, are ready to make war upon us, they will not wait for an act of war on our part.”

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

The coming victory of the United Nations means that they, and not their enemies, have power to establish the foundations of the future.

It is ordered that the following changes be, and they are hereby, made in the customs field organization.

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.