FDR: “The more you do to tell the people that 'peace is just around the corner,' the better it is, but nobody agrees that…”

It may be in another week or ten days.

The coming total defeat of our enemies, and of the philosophy of conflict and aggression... gives us a new chance and a better chance than we have ever had to bring about conditions under which the Nations of the world substitute…

As their Commander in Chief I call upon you, my fellow Americans, to oversubscribe the 1945 Red Cross War Fund.

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