Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The prevention of a spiraling domestic economy is a vital part of the winning of the war itself.

If the vicious spiral of inflation ever gets under way, the whole economic system will stagger.

This total war, with our fighting fronts all over the world, makes the use of the executive power far more essential than in any previous wa...

It would be unfair to labor to stabilize wages and do nothing about the cost of food; it would be equally unfair to the farmer.