Excerpts from the Press Conference
02/20/1941
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The coming victory of the United Nations means that they, and not their enemies, have power to establish the foundations...
That such a body would be best able to perform its nationally important tasks if created independently of the War Labor ...
The purpose of this moratorium period is to permit the States to make necessary readjustments in their laws with respect...
We can be proud of all that the Red Cross has meant to them.