Eisenhower: “By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Universal Military Training and Service Act, I hereby prescribe the…”

I assure you that our obligation to you is deep and lasting.

I find and declare that adjustments must be made in the imports of crude oil and unfinished oils for overestimates and underestimates of total demand.

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

I feel now it would be futile for me to attempt anything else in the way of words.