01/05/1945
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"I now recommend that the Emergency Farm Credit Act of 1933 be amended to provide responsibility by the Government for the payment of the principal of, as well as interest on, bonds issued."
"The result of providing a bond on which both the principal and interest are guaranteed would be to put such bonds on a par with Treasury securities."
"I request the consideration of ratification by the Senate of the so-called St. Lawrence Treaty with Canada."
"I am satisfied that the treaty contains adequate provision for the needs of the Chicago Drainage District and for navigation between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River."