FDR: “The Puerto Ricans have long since reached political maturity.”

We must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.

We shall be equipped to deal with the great overriding question of security, and with the crucial questions of money and exchange...

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

It will recommend agricultural policies and advise Nations on their food and agricultural problems, but it will have no power to coerce or command.