FDR: “The will of our people, as expressed through the Congress, was to meet this problem.”

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.

It is not really of any great importance.

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

It may be in another week or ten days.