Fireside Chat
04/27/1942
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We can be proud of all that the Red Cross has meant to them.
That such a body would be best able to perform its nationally important tasks if created independently of the War Labor ...
I wish I had the power, just for this evening, to be present at all of these gatherings.
It has served as a link between the fighting man and his loved ones here at home.