FDR: “The Nazi war machine has stripped them of raw materials and machine tools and trucks and locomotives.”

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.

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

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.

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