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

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Any provisions of pertinent Executive Orders conflicting with this Order are hereby superseded.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

This total war, with our fighting fronts all over the world, makes the use of the executive power far more essential than in any previous war.

If the vicious spiral of inflation ever gets under way, the whole economic system will stagger.

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

It would be unfair to labor to stabilize wages and do nothing about the cost of food; it would be equally unfair to the farmer.

We cannot afford to let prices rise unchecked.

We cannot hold the actual cost of food and clothing down to approximately the present level beyond October first.

The cost of living goes up as fast as it is threatening to do in the immediate future.

Remember, the folks back home are counting on us.

The Nation must have more money to run the war.

The rising cost of living can be controlled, providing that all elements making up the cost of living are controlled at the same time.

This will require vast assemblies of weapons and men at all the vital points of attack.

We must tax heavily, and in that process keep personal and corporate profits at a reasonable rate.

I will use my powers with a full sense of my responsibility to the Constitution and to my country.

The reason why price ceilings have not already been imposed on all food products is that paragraph 3 of the Emergency Price Control Act prohibits such ceilings until farm prices as a whole have gone up beyond parity prices.