FDR: “We have a long way to go, but we are on the way.”

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

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.

I do know it will come, and I do know that tonight there are over seven and a half million Americans overseas or fighting afloat in this great war.

All Federal agencies are directed to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior to the fullest extent possible.