Excerpts from the Press Conference
08/22/1940
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It has served as a link between the fighting man and his loved ones here at home.
The logic of events and our clear and pressing national interest must override our old party controversies.
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 20 of the act of June 10, 1922.
It is clear from the legislative history and the language of this Act, that the Congress intended no grant of immunity f...