Excerpts from the Press Conference
12/21/1944
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By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 55(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (53 Stat. 29).
It is very late; but I have felt that you would rather that I speak to you now than wait until tomorrow.
I cannot forget that in carrying out this program I have drafted into the service of the nation many men and women.
The task of safeguarding our institutions seems to me to be twofold.