FDR: “it is ordered that all of the functions, duties, and powers vested in the Council of National Defense be, and they are…”

That such a body would be best able to perform its nationally important tasks if created independently of the War Labor Board by the President.

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.

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

This year we give as well in necessity—necessity for our own.