Excerpts from the Press Conference in Hyde Park
08/19/1940
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the provisions of section 12 of said act, except those of the first proviso thereof, are hereby suspended during the present war as to all o...
I send to you and, through you, to the people of France my deep hope and belief that we are all of us soon to enter into happier days.
Have faith in our words.
Do not obstruct, I beg of you, this great purpose.