Press Conference
01/02/1941
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We will never tolerate a force that destroys the life, the happiness, the free future of our children.
We combat this evil enemy of disease at home just as unremittingly as we fight our evil enemies abroad.
It is fruitless to try to place the blame for this situation on one particular Nation or on another.
I hereby extend the provisions of Executive Order No. 9001 of December 27, 1941, to the Office of War Mobilization and R...