Every government department and agency shall give such aid and assistance to the Secretary of Defense, and shall render such cooperation with one another, as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose of this order.

WHEREAS it is necessary, in the interest of the national security and defense, that plans be prepared and implemented whereby government and non-government radio stations may be silenced or required to be operated in a manner consistent with the needs of national security and defense in the event of hostile action endangering the nation, or imminent threat thereof;

I WISH also to congratulate you on the progress, thanks in considerable part to French initiative, in the development of a closer community relationship among the free nations of Europe and the North Atlantic community in both the economic and defense fields.

There is hereby delegated to the Secretary of Defense the authority vested in the President by section 21 of the Universal Military Training and Service Act

The Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized to redelegated, subject to such conditions as the Secretary may deem appropriate, to the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force such functions under this order as affect their respective services.

The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Treasury are hereby directed to take such steps as they may respectively deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this order.

The way to meet this attack is to show that it is false--to live up to our ideals--to prove that we mean them.

Above all, his report makes it crystal clear that in these last three months we have still been in the early stages of our defense effort-still tooling up, still getting organized.

Everything that Mr. Wilson says in this report emphasizes the tremendous importance of obtaining good, strong control legislation to see us through this crucial period, while we are building our defensive strength.

Just seeing the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Passage of this Act will strengthen all nations threatened with intimidation, subversion, or direct aggression.

The Navy is fighting hard in every corner of the globe to bring victory to our cause.

We must maintain the offensive against evil in all its forms.

The Department of the Navy.

The Department of War.

You are a symbol, this small group, of a great many thousands of officers and men of the Army who are guarding the Nation's Capital.

I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of the Navy immediately to take possession of and operate the plants of Brewster Aeronautical Corporation located at Long Island City, New York, Newark, New Jersey, and Johnsville, Pennsylvania.

The Director of the Office of Defense Transportation is directed to take immediate possession of all real and personal property, franchises, rights and other assets, tangible and intangible, of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad Company.