Excerpts from the Press Conference
08/18/1941
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I renew, however, at this time the recommendations made by my predecessors for the submission and ratification of a Constitutional Amendment...
Great accumulations of wealth cannot be justified on the basis of personal and family security.
By the substitution of appropriate commemorative medals for special fifty-cent pieces much is to be gained.
It seems only equitable, therefore, to adjust our tax system in accordance with economic capacity, advantage and fact.