The industries, which have so completely cooperated with this program, can feel assured, however, that the solution will not be one which penalizes them for events outside their control. All such measures constitute an advance in the very responsibilities of government. The Federal Security Administration, and I believe every other government agency, is ready to act. Total defense demands manpower. The full energy of every American is necessary.
Medical authorities recognize completely that efficiency and stamina depend on proper food.
Fighting men of our armed forces, workers in industry, the families of these workers, every man and woman in America, must have nourishing food. The Department of Agriculture has estimated that many millions of men, women, and children do not get the foods which science considers essential. We do not lack and we will not lack the means of producing food in abundance and variety. Our task is to translate this abundance into reality for every American family. Now, in the pinch of defense, we are actually taking stock of our manpower.