FDR: “Each year we are making great progress in our national policy toward agriculture.”

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

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

All Federal agencies are directed to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior to the fullest extent possible.

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