FDR: “We are a great nation--a rich nation--but we are not so great or so rich that we can afford to waste our substance or…”

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and of danger.

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

That such a body would be best able to perform its nationally important tasks if created independently of the War Labor Board by the President.