FDR: “Victory in this war is the first and greatest goal before us.”

It may be in another week or ten days.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to take possession of any and all such mines.

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

We must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.