FDR: “It is fitting on this day that we direct our thoughts to the concept of the United Nations.”

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.

It is ordered that the following changes be, and they are hereby, made in the customs field organization.

The Secretary of the Interior shall make employment available and provide protection to all employees working at such mines.

It will recommend agricultural policies and advise Nations on their food and agricultural problems, but it will have no power to coerce or command.