FDR: “no person shall be accorded a classified civil service status on the basis of his name having been reached on a civil…”

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.

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.

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and of danger.

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