FDR: “The struggle for democratic government and higher standards of human living goes on alike in city and Country.”

I do know it will come, and I do know that tonight there are over seven and a half million Americans overseas or fighting afloat in this great war.

We all know that the reduction of Government-created barriers to trade will not solve all our trade problems.

I recommend that the Congress authorize the acceptance of the Constitution and the participation of the United States in the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization.

It will recommend agricultural policies and advise Nations on their food and agricultural problems, but it will have no power to coerce or command.