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FDR: “By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18, 1941, and in…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1942
By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18, 1941, and in order to expedite the prosecution of the war effort, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Said by
FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 9198—Transfer of Merchant Marine Training Functions

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