Government

The Board will continue to recognize that it is the function of the Department of State to conduct or authorize the conduct of all negotiations with foreign Governments in Washington and abroad.

The Department will do its utmost to provide expeditious means for such communications.

Executive Order No. 8975 of December 13, 1941, authorizing the Attorney General to make appointments in the Alien Property Division, Department of Justice, without regard to the requirements of the Civil Service Act and Rules, is hereby…

It is ordered that the ports of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, and Jobos, Puerto Rico, be, and they are hereby, designated as customs ports of entry in Customs Collection District No. 49 (Puerto Rico).

It is ordered that the aforesaid Executive Order No. 8910 of September 27, 1941, be, and the same is hereby amended.

It is ordered that the following-described public land in Pinellas County, Florida, be, and it is hereby transferred

Profits must be taxed to the utmost limit consistent with continued production.

We cannot fight this war, we cannot exert our maximum effort, on a spend-as-usual basis.

Every dime and dollar not vitally needed for absolute necessities should go into war bonds and stamps to add to the striking power of our armed forces.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18, 1941, it is hereby ordered as follows.

I hereby exempt the said Herbert H. Evans from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending April 30, 1943.

Where is the economy?

All property of the Alien Property Division of the Department of Justice...are hereby transferred to the Alien Property Custodian.

All litigation in which the Alien Property Custodian or the Office of the Alien Property Custodian is interested shall be conducted under the supervision of the Attorney General.

I think the time has now come to tell you. They came from our new secret base at Shangri-La!

It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, jurisdiction over the acquired lands, together with improvements thereon within the following-described area, comprising 240 acres, more or less, in Graham County, Arizona, be, and it…

All records and property (including office equipment) of the several agencies and all records and property used primarily in the administration of any functions transferred or consolidated by this Order are transferred to the respective…

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.