FDR: “Overstatement, bitterness, vituperation, and the beating of drums have contributed mightily to ill-feeling and wars…”

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

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.

I wish I had the power, just for this evening, to be present at all of these gatherings.

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