Press Conference
02/04/1937
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I have given my approval to S. 340, the insurance bill, which passed the Congress last week.
I hereby authorize the Secretary of War to take possession of the plants and facilities of the American Enka Corporation...
That such a body would be best able to perform its nationally important tasks if created independently of the War Labor ...
The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, or one party, or one Nation.