FDR: “I am, therefore, creating at this time an Interdepartmental Committee to give attention to this subject.”

The coming victory of the United Nations means that they, and not their enemies, have power to establish the foundations of the future.

I recommend that the Congress authorize the acceptance of the Constitution and the participation of the United States in the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization.

Improved standards of nutrition, increased levels of farm incomes, avoidance of agricultural surpluses—these are among the important objectives that the Food and Agriculture Organization will assist the Nations of the world in achieving.

That such a body would be best able to perform its nationally important tasks if created independently of the War Labor Board by the President.