It is hereby ordered that income, excess-profits, and declared value excess-profits tax returns made under the Internal Revenue Code for the year 1939 and subsequent years, shall be open to inspection by the War Contracts Price Adjustment…

Possession, control, and operation of any plant or facility, or of any transportation system, or any part thereof, or of any real or personal property taken under this order shall be terminated by the Director when he determines that such…

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including section 9 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 as amended by section 3 of the War Labor Disputes…

WHEREAS after investigation I find and proclaim that as a result of a labor disturbance there are existing interruptions of the operations of transportation systems, plants, and facilities owned or operated by companies conducting towing…

In making such temporary appointments there shall be no discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin, and the department and agencies shall give preference in the order named.

This section shall not apply to positions filed by persons having a classified (competitive) civil service status.

The United States Civil Service Commission is directed to resume, as rapidly as its resources will permit, the announcement of open competitive examinations.

The Civil Service Commission shall, before July 1, 1946, submit recommendations for a general revision of Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules.

Executive Orders Nos. 9063 of February 16, 1942, 9378 of September 23, 1943, and 8514 of August 13, 1940, are hereby revoked.

Our science and industry owe their strength to the spirit of free inquiry and the spirit of free enterprise that characterize our country

The benefits of atomic energy are the heritage of the people; they should be distributed as widely as possible

In my message of October 3rd, I wrote: 'Our science and industry owe their strength to the spirit of free inquiry and the spirit of free enterprise that characterize our country.'

The Government must be the exclusive owner and producer of fissionable materials

All provisions of prior Executive orders in conflict with this order are amended accordingly.

Our country is not merely the sum of its parts.

Wars are expensive.

The fight against infantile paralysis cannot be a local war.

I am confident of the eventual outcome of this fight against infantile paralysis.