FDR

Oh, we talked about a flock of things.

And I think that if the farmer's wife all the way through the country had it explained to her, about the cost of living to her, I think the farmer's wife would appreciate it, and understand it, and go along with the effort to stabilize the…

We are all in the same boat, and we are going to make some pretty tough sacrifices—on the part of everybody—before we get through.

I will give you a sort of an idea for a story.

The action taken today by your Government has hastened the coming of the inevitable victory of freedom over oppression.

This solemn decision more firmly aligns the people of Brazil with the free peoples of the world in a relentless struggle against the lawless and predatory Axis powers.

It adds power and strength, moral and material, to the armies of liberty.

I hereby extend the provisions of Executive Order No. 9001, of December 27, 1941, to the Board of Economic Warfare.

Frightfulness can never bring peace to Europe.

Our enemies use this raw material of discord provided for them by men who ought to be making trouble for the enemy and not for one another.

Disagreements as to facts can be resolved, if necessary, by investigations and surveys directed by me.

The practice of executing scores of innocent hostages in reprisal for isolated attacks on Germans in countries temporarily under the Nazi heel revolts a world already inured to suffering and brutality.

The enemy is constantly at work trying to undermine public confidence in the Government; why should members of that Government help him along by undermining it themselves?

Too often in recent months, responsible officials of the Government have made public criticism of other agencies of the Government.

It contributes only to the confusion of the public, which naturally does not know what to believe on an involved issue when it gets different stories on successive days from officials of equal standing.

The functions, records, property (including office equipment), personnel, and administration of the Sample Surveys Section of the Work Projects Administration, Federal Works Agency, are transferred to the Bureau of the Census, Department…

On the first day of the quarter following the anniversary date of enlistment, enlisted men shall be paid a cash maintenance allowance for clothing, as follows: Enlisted men (general), $8.75.

The pilot assigned to a vessel shall have control of the navigation and movement of such vessel.

The Secretary of War is authorized and directed immediately to take possession of and operate the plant of the S.A. Woods Machine Company located at South Boston, Massachusetts.

Enlisted men upon first enlistment, or upon reenlistment subsequent to expiration of three months from date of last discharge, shall be entitled to a cash clothing allowance of $133.81.

Rule 45a.Gangway watch on vessels at piers in wartime.

Members of the Naval Reserve undergoing flight training leading to a commission shall be entitled only to an issue of clothing in kind not to exceed $180 in value.

Retired enlisted men shall, upon reporting for active duty, be entitled to the cash clothing allowances prescribed in this order.

Enlisted men advanced to chief petty officer rating or to the rating of officers' cook or officers' steward shall be entitled to a cash clothing allowance of $250.

It is intended that the lands transferred by this order shall be returned to the Secretary of Agriculture, for use, administration, and disposition pursuant to Title III of the said Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, when they are no longer…