FDR: “It is all off the record; all strictly in the family and nothing else.”

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and of danger.

As their Commander in Chief I call upon you, my fellow Americans, to oversubscribe the 1945 Red Cross War Fund.

Improved standards of nutrition, increased levels of farm incomes, avoidance of agricultural surpluses—these are among the important objectives that the Food and Agriculture Organization will assist the Nations of the world in achieving.