FDR: “I am not going to apply the Platt Amendment.”

We shall be equipped to deal with the great overriding question of security, and with the crucial questions of money and exchange...

Improved standards of nutrition, increased levels of farm incomes, avoidance of agricultural surpluses—these are among the important objectives that the Food and Agriculture Organization will assist the Nations of the world in achieving.

This is our chance to serve those who serve us.

Our participation in the Food and Agriculture Organization will be an essential step in this collaboration.