FDR: “I hereby appoint Rear Admiral Christian Joy Peoples, Director of Procurement, as a member of the Special Board for…”

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

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.

The logic of events and our clear and pressing national interest must override our old party controversies.

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and of danger.