Excerpts from the Press Conference
08/28/1944
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This is our chance to serve those who serve us.
It is ordered that the following changes be, and they are hereby, made in the customs field organization.
All Federal agencies are directed to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior to the fullest extent possible.
The logic of events and our clear and pressing national interest must override our old party controversies.