FDR: “Disagreements as to facts can be resolved, if necessary, by investigations and surveys directed by me.”

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.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to take possession of any and all such mines.

The logic of events and our clear and pressing national interest must override our old party controversies.

I recommend that the Congress authorize the acceptance of the Constitution and the participation of the United States in the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization.