Remarks at Springfield, Massachusetts
11/03/1944
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The Congress hereby declares that a serious emergency exists by reason of the general economic depression.
Mrs. Leafie E. Dietz ... is hereby designated as required by law to sign my name to said patents.
I deem it of equal importance to take other and simultaneous steps without waiting for a later meeting of the Congress.
Three or four weeks—that is, start getting them to work.