FDR: “There is hereby created a Board to be known as the 'Medal for Merit Board'.”

It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.

We are absolutely un changed in our policy of two years ago, for immediate Filipino independence.

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

I recommend that the Congress authorize the acceptance of the Constitution and the participation of the United States in the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization.