FDR: “Please--I beg you--please give according to your means to your nearest Red Cross chapter, give as generously as you can.”

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

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.

The name of the customs port of entry of Marshfield, Oregon, in Customs Collection District Number 29 (Oregon), is changed to Coos Bay, Oregon.

Improved standards of nutrition, increased levels of farm incomes, avoidance of agricultural surpluses—these are among the important objectives that the Food and Agriculture Organization will assist the Nations of the world in achieving.