Address at the Jackson Day Dinner
01/07/1938
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This order shall become effective on July 1, 1943.
All functions, powers, and duties of the Public Works Administration are hereby transferred to the office of the Federal Works Administrator...
The pay envelope of tens of millions of our citizens will not compensate them for great increases in their food bills.
I can not do this for the reason that I do not believe such subsidies will be effective in controlling inflation unless they are accompanied...