FDR: “The American people know from a four-year record that today there is only one entrance to the White House—by the front…”

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

This year we give as well in necessity—necessity for our own.

The logic of events and our clear and pressing national interest must override our old party controversies.

It may be in another week or ten days.