Dumbarton Oaks
PROPOSALS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GENERAL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 1There should be established an international organization under the title of The United Nations, the Charter of which should contain provisions […]
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference at Bretton Woods
This Conference at Bretton Woods, representing nearly all the peoples of the world, has considered matters of international money and finance which are important for peace and prosperity. The Conference […]
Address Delivered by President Roosevelt to the Congress
Since 1931 the use of force instead of the council table has constantly increased in the settlement of disputes between nations-except in the Western Hemisphere, where there has been only […]
Radio Address Delivered by President Roosevelt From Washington
Tonight my single duty is to speak to the whole of America. Until 4:30 this morning I had hoped against hope that some miracle would prevent a devastating war in […]
Report to Congress on the Crimea Conference
MR. VICE PRESIDENT, MR. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS: I hope that you will pardon me for the unusual posture of sitting down during the presentation of what I […]
Arsenal of Democracy Fireside Chat
Source: Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Fireside Chat,” December 29, 1940. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project, https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/209416. My friends: This is not a fireside chat […]
Fireside Chat on Banking
I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking–with the comparatively few who understand the mechanics of banking but more particularly with […]
Executive Order 8802–Prohibition of Discrimination in the Defense Industry
Source: “Executive Order 8802,” in 100 Milestone Documents, an online library compiled by the “Our Documents” Initiative, a cooperative effort of the National Archives and Records Administration with National History […]
Annual Message to Congress (1944)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “Annual Message to Congress – State of the Union (speech file 1501),” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944, FDR […]
The Atlantic Charter
Source: “The Atlantic Charter,” National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Office of Government Reports, Record Group 44. https://goo.gl/TR6E3F. The President of the United States of America and the […]