Excerpts from the Press Conference
08/21/1941
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By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 20 of the act of June 10, 1922.
The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, or one party, or one Nation.
I hereby direct the Secretary of the Navy to terminate and relinquish, on or before the fifteenth day following the date...
It is ordered as follows: The Executive Order of December 31, 1896 and Executive Orders No. 2262 of October 21, 1915, No...