Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The maintenance of fair competition alone calls for American flagships of sufficient tonnage to carry a reasonable portion of our foreign commerce.

Message to Congress on the United States Merchant Marine

03/03/1935

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Let us who treasure their memories not fall short of the measure of their deeds.

We cannot afford to neglect the plain duty before us.

This plan for economic security is at once a measure of prevention and a method of alleviation.

It is overwhelmingly important to avoid any danger of permanently discrediting the sound and necessary policy of Federal legislation for eco...