FDR

I think that a more suitable date can be selected for this purpose, and that future events will ordain the proper date for such a commemoration.

Their purpose is that Japan shall be stripped of all the islands in the Pacific which she has seized or occupied since the beginning of the first World War in 1914.

I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of the Navy immediately to take possession of and operate that part of the plant of Remington Rand, Inc.

The Secretary of War shall make employment available under existing collective bargaining contracts to all workers who seek employment in the plant to the extent that they are needed.

The Secretary of War is authorized immediately to take possession of and operate any or all of the following plants.

The Secretary of War shall permit the management to continue with its managerial functions to the maximum degree possible consistent with the aims of this order.

Only by bringing to bear the resources of all the United Nations will we be able to relieve a substantial part of the suffering of the millions who will need help.

Aid to the liberated peoples during the war is thus a matter of military necessity as well as of humanity.

The task of the organization will be to assist in furnishing the medicine, food, clothing, and other basic necessities and essential services which are required to restore the strength of the liberated peoples.

They do not want charity. They seek the strength to fight, and to do their part in securing the peace.

U.N.R.R.A. will not, of course, be expected to solve the long-range problems of reconstruction.

I am happy to inform the Congress that on November 9, 1943, representatives of 43 Nations and peoples joined with our own Government in signing the accompanying U.N.R.R.A. Agreement.

We are all familiar with the role which the Eighth Air Force has played, in collaboration with the Royal Air Force, in preparing the way for the invasion of Europe.

Our total food production for the year is the greatest in the annals of our country.

The master agreements entered into with Great Britain, the Soviet Union, China and other United Nations... establish the principles which govern the lend-lease relationship.

Exclusive of the expenditures for supplies transferred in colonial theaters of war, American forces have received aid through reverse lend-lease channels...

This statement of the expenditures made by the British Commonwealth of Nations for reverse lend-lease aid... emphasizes the contribution which the British Commonwealth has made 'to the defense of the United States'...

The overwhelming benefit which the United States has received from its lend-lease program has... been the pooling of resources and the combined effort of the United Nations against the Axis countries.

May we on Thanksgiving Day and on every day express our gratitude and zealously devote ourselves to our duties as individuals and as a nation.

God's help to us has been great in this year of march toward world-wide liberty.

Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, do hereby designate Thursday, November 25, 1943, as a day for expressing our thanks to God for His blessings.

God’s help to us has been great in this year of march towards world-wide liberty.

By the help which our friends and allies have given us, and by the help which we have given them in the common cause, we have... saved the lives of many of our own boys as well as those of our allies.

Specialized British radio equipment has been installed in American planes which has given greater safety to our bomber crews, and has improved the effectiveness of our bombing missions.

Such is the spirit and such is the positive action of the United Nations and their associates at the time when our military power is becoming predominant.