Excerpts from the Press Conference
03/09/1942
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It has served as a link between the fighting man and his loved ones here at home.
That such a body would be best able to perform its nationally important tasks if created independently of the War Labor ...
It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.
Our participation in the Food and Agriculture Organization will be an essential step in this collaboration.