FDR: “The immediate objective was to check the downward spiral of the great depression.”

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

We must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.

The coming total defeat of our enemies, and of the philosophy of conflict and aggression... gives us a new chance and a better chance than we have ever had to bring about conditions under which the Nations of the world substitute…

The Secretary of the Interior shall make employment available and provide protection to all employees working at such mines.