Christmas Greeting to the Nation
12/23/1936
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That the whole question of guaranteed wage plans and the possibility of their future development in American industries ...
As their Commander in Chief I call upon you, my fellow Americans, to oversubscribe the 1945 Red Cross War Fund.
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 20 of the act of June 10, 1922.
It is fruitless to try to place the blame for this situation on one particular Nation or on another.