FDR: “The war effort must come first and everything else must wait.”

I do know it will come, and I do know that tonight there are over seven and a half million Americans overseas or fighting afloat in this great war.

It will recommend agricultural policies and advise Nations on their food and agricultural problems, but it will have no power to coerce or command.

I wish I had the power, just for this evening, to be present at all of these gatherings.

It has served as a link between the fighting man and his loved ones here at home.