I shall not hesitate to take whatever steps may be necessary to see that the coal is mined.

I do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe November 11, 1943, by devoting themselves whole-heartedly and with renewed fervor to every task that will contribute to the winning of the war.

A strong food requirements and allocations mechanism in the War Food Administration will expedite food allocations.

The first desideratum is peace in the world and the end of aggression.

I am confident that when the patriotic American miners realize the substantial increase in benefits the Board's proposal offers them they will not reject the opportunity given to them to secure a contract.

I think I will send up the Food Message on Monday to Congress.

I think we have all lost sight of the fact that the main practical point at the present time is to sit around the table and see if we can't agree.

Nothing will be more conducive to the maintenance of high morale in our troops than the knowledge that steps are being taken now to give them education and technical training when the fighting is over.

Lack of money should not prevent any veteran of this war from equipping himself for the most useful employment for which his aptitudes and willingness qualify him.

We must also teach them how to live useful and happy lives in freedom, justice, and decency.

The objective was to enable those young people, whose education had been interrupted, to resume their schooling.

We have taught our youth how to wage war; we must also teach them how to live useful and happy lives in freedom, justice, and decency.

They have found their 'haven' in the other Government departments and agencies?

I am convinced that they are anxious to put on their country's uniform and that they have been kept, often against their will, in their present jobs.

Less than 5 percent of all of the civilian employees in these departments—or about 84,000—have been deferred for occupational reasons.

The concept of a key position is narrowly limited to positions requiring an unusual degree of responsibility and specialized skill.

The use, possession, and control of the lands hereinafter described be, and they are hereby, transferred from the Department of Agriculture to the Tennessee Valley Authority.

These unfair accusations must be emphatically denied.