FDR: “I am definitely committed to the giving of jobs instead of relief.”

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

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

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

It has served as a link between the fighting man and his loved ones here at home.