FDR: “all clerks and other employees in the Federal service in the District of Columbia... are hereby excused from duty on…”

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

That such study should be conducted by a specially appointed commission charged with the duty of examining into the experience which industry and labor have thus far had with these plans, and of reporting the facts for the benefit of the…

We shall be equipped to deal with the great overriding question of security, and with the crucial questions of money and exchange...

This is our chance to serve those who serve us.