FDR

The objective, of course, of the Administration on that was after very, very many years to bring the price of agricultural commodities up to parity.

The entire munition resources of Great Britain and the United States will be deemed to be in a common pool, about which the fullest information will be interchanged.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, and for the purpose of assuring the most effective prosecution of war procurement…

I hereby exempt the said Thomas A. Haigh from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending February 28, 1943.

It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the public lands...be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws.

Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, temporarily withdrawing all public lands in California is hereby revoked.

The lands described in section 1 of this order are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry.

I honestly feel that it would be best for the country to keep baseball going.

Plans and programs to win the war and to win the peace must grow out of our common national purpose and with democratic participation in planning by all of us.

In that spirit, I am transmitting herewith for the information of the Congress the 'Development of National Resources—Report for 1942.'

I should point out that the Congress, if this procedure were adopted, would, of course, retain every right to enact legislation granting relief.

We should grant the responsibility for handling such matters to those equipped with year-around facilities and time to dispose of them.

I hereby exempt the said Charles Gregg from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending June 30, 1943.

The Board shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations appropriate for the performance of its duties.

Of course, very few newspapermen know the difference between a dollar and a dime, anyway.

It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public land be, and it is hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws

It is hereby ordered that the physical requirements for entrance to examinations under the Civil Service Rules be, and they are hereby, waived to permit Walter M. Brucher to participate in the competitive civil service examination for the…

American armed forces must be used at any place in all the world where it seems advisable to engage the forces of the enemy.

The purpose is the defeat of Hitlerism throughout the world.

We haven't won the war by a long shot.

We will not, under any threat, or in the face of any danger, surrender the guarantees of liberty our forefathers framed for us in our Bill of Rights.

So far as we know, Wake Island is holding out - it has done a perfectly magnificent job.

We are now in the midst of a war, not for conquest, not for vengeance, but for a world in which this Nation, and all that this Nation represents, will be safe for our children.

Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

All alien enemies are enjoined to preserve the peace towards the United States and to refrain from crime against the public safety.