FDR: “Day in and day out we shall heap tons upon tons of high explosives on their war factories and utilities and seaports.”

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

This year we give as well in necessity—necessity for our own.

That such study should be conducted by a specially appointed commission charged with the duty of examining into the experience which industry and labor have thus far had with these plans, and of reporting the facts for the benefit of the…

All sections of our population—labor, farmers, businessmen have shared and will share in the benefits which increased trade brings.