Excerpts from the Press Conference
06/14/1943
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I do know it will come, and I do know that tonight there are over seven and a half million Americans overseas or fightin...
That such a body would be best able to perform its nationally important tasks if created independently of the War Labor ...
Trade is fundamental to the prosperity of Nations, as it is of individuals.
This is our chance to serve those who serve us.