FDR

I hope that, while we are alive, Bridgeport will never be called On again to make munitions in a world war.

We are going to see that they have work—honest, self-respecting jobs.

The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, through and with the aid of any persons or instrumentalities that he may designate, to take possession of the plants and facilities.

The Secretary of War shall permit the management of the plants and facilities taken under the provisions of this order to continue with its managerial functions to the maximum degree possible.

The Secretary of War is authorized to take such action, if any, as he may deem necessary or desirable to provide protection for the plants and all persons employed or seeking employment therein.

The Secretary of War shall operate the said plants and facilities in accordance with the terms and conditions of employment which are in effect at the time possession thereof is taken.

This election will not be decided on a basis of malignant murmurings—or shouts.

I follow the principle of first things first; and this war comes first.

Our success has been the result of planning and organization and building.

Delays in the performance of our job at home mean prolonging the war.

In winning this war there is just one sure way to guarantee the minimum of casualties—by seeing to it that, in every action, we have overwhelming material superiority.

The record that we have established in this war is one of which every American has a right to be proud—today and for all time.

The women of America are also most profoundly concerned.

I do not propose to answer in kind.

I suggest a nationwide reading of the Holy Scriptures during the period from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas

I do hereby proclaim Thursday the twenty-third day of November 1944 a day of national thanksgiving

it is fitting that we give thanks with special fervor to our Heavenly Father for the mercies we have received individually and as a nation

we should lift up our hearts in thanksgiving

I call upon the people of the United States to observe it by bending every effort to hasten the day of final victory

I hereby extend the provisions of Executive Order No. 9177 of May 30, 1942, to the United States Maritime Commission and the Administrator of the War Shipping Administration.

I hope to live long enough to see West Virginia with more trees in it.

Only God can make a tree.

It doesn't amount to very much, this cost of planting trees, and yet the hillsides of West Virginia of our grandparents' day were much more wonderful than they are now.

This generation, and especially the previous generation, have been thinking of themselves and not of the future.

We have to think not just of an annual crop, not just something that we can eat the next year.