Crooks and Liars

Saturday June 9, 2012 01:36 pm

Newstalgia Reference Room - FDR Addresses First United Nations Conference On Food And Agriculture - 1943

By Gordonskene

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While the War was slowly turning in favor of the Allies, The groundwork for setting up The United Nations had been established. On June 7 of 1943, President Roosevelt addressed the very first United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture and discussed what role the allies would play in the Post-War world and the crucial importance of Food production.

Here is that address, complete as given on June 7, 1943.