09/11/1919
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"We must act now, at whatever sacrifice to ourselves."
"We are about to set them free; we must not leave them without the tools of action when they are free."
"I hereby establish the War Industries Board as a separate administrative agency to act for me and under my direction."
"The functions, duties and powers of the War Industries Board, as outlined in my letter of March 4, 1918, to Bernard M. Baruch, Esquire, its Chairman, shall be and hereby are continued in full force an..."