Statement on Columbus Day
10/11/1942
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We require continual study of the revenues necessary to carry on the normal functions of the Federal Government.
I do not regard a penny of it as wasted.
We as one of the Republics reiterate our willingness to help the cause of world peace.
A war which threatened to envelop the world in flames has been averted; but it has become increasingly clear that world peace is not assured...