Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I hereby exempt the said Joseph F. Reardon from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending May 31, 1941.

Executive Order 8421—Exemption of Joseph E. Reardon From Compulsory Retirement for Age

05/27/1940

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Production of war materials here is now the greatest in our history, but it is not yet enough.

There has never been a Labor Day as significant as this one.

They know just what stake they have in America, just what they are fighting for.

What I have said to our American soldiers and sailors applies to all the young men and women of the United Nations who are facing our common...