FDR: “We have no intention of getting mixed up in the wars of the rest of the world.”

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.

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

It may be in another week or ten days.

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.