Excerpts from the Press Conference
08/22/1940
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We face inflation, unless we act decisively and without delay.
Nothing will sap the morale of this Nation more quickly or ruinously than penalizing its sweat and skill and thrift by the individually unde...
The choice is ours to make; but we must act speedily.
Labor has far more to gain from price stability than from abnormal wage increases.