Address at Roanoke Island
08/17/1937
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We certainly ought not to cut off our help that we have given to other Nations at this time.
The Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 is an important weapon in our armory against the onslaught of the Axis powers.
To make price and rent control effective, the Administrator is given adequate powers to license persons subject to the Act.
Moreover, price control legislation alone cannot successfully combat inflation.