FDR: “Not all of us can participate in direct action against our enemies; but all of us can participate in the saving of our…”

The work, my friends, is peace.

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.

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

That the President appoint a commission for these purposes.