FDR: “A democracy, the right kind of democracy, is bound together by the ties of neighborliness.”

I recommend that the Congress authorize the acceptance of the Constitution and the participation of the United States in the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization.

That the President appoint a commission for these purposes.

As their Commander in Chief I call upon you, my fellow Americans, to oversubscribe the 1945 Red Cross War Fund.

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