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I would say as a whole that I am very well satisfied, because the production is so nearly up to the goal.

The people of the country as a whole have got the finest kind of morale.

The only people I saw on the trip who were remotely connected with politics, but with whom I did not discuss politics at any moment, were the eleven Governors of the eleven States that we passed through.

It's a pretty darn good record.

I think 94 or 95 percent is an objective that covers the working out of a great war.

The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to exercise, through such officials of the Department of Agriculture and its agencies as he may designate, the authority contained in the said Title II of the Second War Powers Act, 1942…

That's the kind of spirit that we lack in Washington, D.C.

Every once in a while you find a plant that isn't clicking quite as well as it should.

In any industry or occupation in which the Secretary finds that a wage stabilization agreement approved by a Government department or agency is operating satisfactorily, or in any industry or occupation in which the Secretary finds that…

After all, parity is, by its very definition, a fair relationship between the prices of the things farmers sell and the things they buy.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, particularly the Act of December 18, 1941, entitled 'First War Powers Act, 1941'

The parity principle for which this Administration has stood since 1933 was a good standard for peacetime—it is a good standard for war.

I should like to make clear my unalterable opposition to any recomputation of parity at this time.

In carrying out this Order, the Rubber Director may direct the Rubber Reserve Company and other subsidiaries of the Re-construction Finance Corporation, the Office of the Petroleum Coordinator for War, the Board of Economic Warfare, the…

There shall be, within the War Production Board, a Rubber Director, appointed by and responsible to the Chairman of the War Production Board for the administration of the Nation's rubber program.

Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the powers conferred upon the Price Administrator by the 'Emergency Price Control Act of 1942.'

The Chairman of the War Production Board is authorized and directed to assume full responsibility for and control over the Nation's rubber program in all of its phases.

This is the purpose of parity.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the First War Powers Act, 1941, and for the purpose of enabling the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission more effectively to carry out the responsibility vested in him by Executive Order No…

All Federal departments and agencies affected by this order shall refer to the Secretary of Labor for determination, questions of interpretation and application arising hereunder.

It is hereby ordered that the functions, powers, and duties of the United States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands, together with the personnel, records, property, and funds of the office of the High Commissioner, be, and they…

Any provisions of pertinent Executive Orders conflicting with this Order are hereby superseded.

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, it is hereby ordered that an Air Medal, with accompanying ribbons, be established for award to…

The prevention of a spiraling domestic economy is a vital part of the winning of the war itself.

I think I know the American farmers.