Fireside Chat
09/07/1943
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our national defense is, in the light of the increasing armaments of other Nations, inadequate for purposes of national security.
That's it—mobilization.
it is our clear duty to further every effort toward peace but at the same time to protect our Nation.
I believe also the time has come for the Congress to enact legislation aimed at the prevention of profiteering in time of war and the equali...