FDR: “We will not use our arms in a war of aggression; we will not send our men to take part in European wars.”

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

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.

All Federal agencies are directed to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior to the fullest extent possible.

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.