Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Only by this united endeavor can America guard her productive power against fire and eliminate a major hazard that threatens seriously to reduce supplies of war materials, food, clothing, and other essentials required by our fighting men overseas and by our civilians at home.

Context

Proclamation 2592—Fire Prevention Week, 1943

08/29/1943

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