FDR: “I do hereby establish a Women's Army Auxiliary Corps for noncombatant service with the Army of the United States.”

As their Commander in Chief I call upon you, my fellow Americans, to oversubscribe the 1945 Red Cross War Fund.

We seek peace—enduring peace.

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

That such study should be conducted by a specially appointed commission charged with the duty of examining into the experience which industry and labor have thus far had with these plans, and of reporting the facts for the benefit of the…