FDR: “We have had to make it possible for the Italians to raise and use their own local crops.”

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.

We all know that the reduction of Government-created barriers to trade will not solve all our trade problems.

I wish I had the power, just for this evening, to be present at all of these gatherings.

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