FDR: “Our problem of national defense has become one of helping to defend the entire Western Hemisphere.”

The Federal Loan Administrator and the War Food Administrator are hereby designated as additional members of the Economic Stabilization Board.

The logic of events and our clear and pressing national interest must override our old party controversies.

I wish I had the power, just for this evening, to be present at all of these gatherings.

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