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That weapon is morale—a people who know that they are fighting 'the good fight'.

I consider such proposed legislation a fraud on the soldiers and sailors and marines now training and fighting for us and for our sacred rights.

The American people are very much concerned over the fact that the vast majority of the eleven million members of the armed forces of the United States are going to be deprived of their right to vote in the important national election this…

The need for new legislation is evident if we are really sincere—and not merely rendering lip service to our soldiers and sailors.

They have left their homes and jobs and schools to meet and defeat the enemies who would destroy all our democratic institutions including our right to vote.

Leave shall be credited in units of hours on the basis of the established work day.

There is only one front.

The dangerous folly of that point of view can be measured by the distance that separates our troops from their ultimate objectives in Berlin and Tokyo—and by the sum of all the perils that lie along the way.

We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence.

The time to impose high taxes is now when incomes are high and goods are scarce.

We have attained superiority in war production.

It is the Government's responsibility to facilitate their efforts.

This double task is the essence of the Government's program and must be reflected in the Budget.

Let us face the fact—the failure thus far to enact an adequate fiscal program has aggravated the difficulties of maintaining economic stabilization.

There is hereby established a Special Emergency Board of three members to be selected by me from the National Railway Labor Panel to consider the unsettled claims for wage adjustments of the non-operating railway employees.

Hardly anything in America now seems so important as such a unity based upon justice as will make possible the best use of all our human resources in this year of supreme national effort.

To make all of us secure against future aggression and to open the way for enhanced well-being of Nations and individuals everywhere.

It is fitting on this day that we direct our thoughts to the concept of the United Nations.

Many of us in the United States are observing this first day of the New Year as a day of prayer and reflection.

Let us pledge ourselves that this cooperation shall continue both for winning the final victory on the battlefield and for establishing an international organization of all peace-loving Nations to maintain peace and security in generations…

Today we are on the offensive.

The Secretary shall permit the management of carriers taken under this Order to continue their respective managerial functions to the maximum degree possible.

If any employees of the railroads now strike, they will be striking against the Government of the United States.

Carriers taken over under this Order shall not include local public transit systems.

The major military offensives now planned must not be delayed by the interruption of vital transportation facilities.