Excerpts from the Press Conference
12/21/1944
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I have given my approval to S. 340, the insurance bill, which passed the Congress last week.
This year we give as well in necessity—necessity for our own.
I hereby authorize the Secretary of War to take possession of the plants and facilities of the American Enka Corporation...
The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and of danger.