Excerpts from the Press Conference
02/23/1942
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As their Commander in Chief I call upon you, my fellow Americans, to oversubscribe the 1945 Red Cross War Fund.
That the President appoint a commission for these purposes.
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 20 of the act of June 10, 1922.
It has served as a link between the fighting man and his loved ones here at home.