FDR: “This world in its crisis called for volunteers, for men of faith in life, of patience in service, of charity and of…”

We must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.

It will recommend agricultural policies and advise Nations on their food and agricultural problems, but it will have no power to coerce or command.

This year we give as well in necessity—necessity for our own.

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.