Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"We must never again invite the collapse of farm prices, the stoppage of farm buying and the demoralization of business that followed the Federal Farm Board's attempts to maintain farm prices without c..."

"It cannot be attained by that System alone, but neither can it be reached without the proper functioning of our monetary and credit machinery."

"It should provide for control of surpluses when and as necessary, but at the same time it should preserve the export markets that still are open to our farmers."

"It is my sincere hope that the Congress, when it enacts new legislation to protect agriculture and the nation against the calamity of farm price collapse, will assure the continuity and permanence of ..."