FDR: “In that spirit I come to an immediate issue made for us by hard and inescapable circumstance--the task of putting people…”

That such a body would be best able to perform its nationally important tasks if created independently of the War Labor Board by the President.

The coming victory of the United Nations means that they, and not their enemies, have power to establish the foundations of the future.

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

Possession of any mine or mines taken under this order shall be terminated by the Secretary of the Interior as soon as he determines that such possession is no longer required for the successful prosecution of the war.