FDR: “I think it is a completely minor detail.”

It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.

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

I recommend that the Congress authorize the acceptance of the Constitution and the participation of the United States in the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization.

Trade is fundamental to the prosperity of Nations, as it is of individuals.