FDR: “I propose to present to the Congress in January a comprehensive national plan for flood control and prevention and the…”

Trade is fundamental to the prosperity of Nations, as it is of individuals.

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

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…

It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.