Excerpts from the Press Conference
09/30/1942
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With God's help we will complete the fulfillment of the pledge we renewed when our men returned to Leyte.
During the temporary absence of the Secretary of the Navy, the order of succession of the officers who shall act as Secr...
The purpose of this moratorium period is to permit the States to make necessary readjustments in their laws with respect...
It is fruitless to try to place the blame for this situation on one particular Nation or on another.