FDR

I congratulate all of you ladies and gentlemen, all of you in the Congress, in the executive departments and all of you who come from private life, and I thank you for your splendid efforts in behalf of this sound, needed and patriotic…

We tried two and a half years ago to establish a principle—a principle that two Nations, side by side, ought to be good neighbors.

I am not only coming to Havana, but I am going into the interior of the country.

I hereby designate the Electric Home and Farm Authority, a corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia, as an agency of the United States.

It is a splendid thing for you to do, and it proves that something that we have always wanted has worked out.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

I recommend that the Congress enact legislation, giving the consent of Congress to the State Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas, executed at Dallas, Texas, on February 16, 1935.

The Motor Carrier Act which the President signed today provides the first regulation of such carriers undertaken by the Federal Government.

The agencies are not to incur, from and after September 15, 1935, any obligations for administrative expenses not approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget.

The aforesaid agencies and instrumentalities are requested not to incur any obligation for administrative expenses out of any such funds unless estimates for such expenditures shall have been approved by the Director of the Bureau of the…

I wish to voice the hope of the people and the Government of the United States that an amicable solution will be found and that peace will be maintained.

To promote larger and more economical production of useful goods.

To facilitate the maintenance and betterment of the American standard of living.

The function and purpose of which Division shall be to stimulate interest in the problems of the consumer.

To review public policy in so far as it relates to the consumer.

I am in entire sympathy with all people who make it clear that the American people and the Government believe in freedom of religious worship not only in the United States, but also in other Nations.

Certainly, you should be received with open arms and our citizens generally should do all in their power to make your conventions occasions for happy recollections.

All doubts should be resolved in favor of the bill, leaving to the courts, in an orderly fashion, the ultimate question of constitutionality.

A better relationship between labor and management is the high purpose of this Act.

It seeks, for every worker within its scope, that freedom of choice and action which is justly his.

This Act, defining rights, the enforcement of which is recognized by the Congress to be necessary as an act of both common justice and economic advance, must not be misinterpreted.

By assuring the employees the right of collective bargaining it fosters the development of the employment contract on a sound and equitable basis.

This Act defines, as a part of our substantive law, the right of self-organization of employees in industry for the purpose of collective bargaining.

It may eventually eliminate one major cause of labor disputes, but it will not stop all labor disputes.

The function of mediation remains, under this Act, the duty of the Secretary of Labor and of the Conciliation Service of the Department of Labor.