FDR: “In the event that the Congress should fail to act, and act adequately, I shall accept the responsibility, and I will…”

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.

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.

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.

We shall be equipped to deal with the great overriding question of security, and with the crucial questions of money and exchange...