Excerpts from the Press Conference
05/16/1940
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When the Japanese invaders have been driven out, the Philippines will take their place as a free and independent member of the family of Nat...
You have the Nation's gratitude and the Nation's prayers for success as you and your men fight your way back to Bataan.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941 (55 Stat. 838), and as President of the United States, ...
We have learned our lesson about Japan.