Excerpts from the Press Conference
12/16/1943
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I am convinced that the plan it outlines is practical, socially desirable, and worthy of your thoughtful consideration.
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August ...
it is ordered that the amounts specified in the second paragraph of the Act as available for the several classes of public projects therein ...
Loans may be made by the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, the purchase of farm l...