09/03/1916
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"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..."
"We have either done our duty or we have not."
"We need not be afraid to tax them, if we lay taxes justly."