FDR: “Let me make the facts very simple and my policy very clear.”

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

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

Possession of any mine or mines taken under this order shall be terminated by the Secretary of the Interior as soon as he determines that such possession is no longer required for the successful prosecution of the war.

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.