FDR: “Beyond the material recovery, I sense a spiritual recovery as well.”

I recommend that the Congress authorize the acceptance of the Constitution and the participation of the United States in the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization.

The coming victory of the United Nations means that they, and not their enemies, have power to establish the foundations of the future.

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

We shall be equipped to deal with the great overriding question of security, and with the crucial questions of money and exchange...