FDR: “I should say offhand that—well, if Jim Mead is an isolationist, so am I.”

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.

I do know it will come, and I do know that tonight there are over seven and a half million Americans overseas or fighting afloat in this great war.

It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.

We seek peace—enduring peace.