Excerpts from the Press Conference
12/05/1938
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All Federal agencies... are directed to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior to the fullest extent possible in carrying out the purp...
I have decided not to send the armed forces of the United States into Cuba.
By extending home rule in Puerto Rico, we would multiply the good will we have already gained throughout the Western Hemisphere.
The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, through and with the aid of any persons or instrumentalities that he may designate, ...