Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

This total war, with our fighting fronts all over the world, makes the use of the executive power far more essential than in any previous wa...

The cost of living goes up as fast as it is threatening to do in the immediate future.

We cannot hold the actual cost of food and clothing down to approximately the present level beyond October first.

It is not necessary for me to enumerate again the disastrous results of a runaway cost of living.