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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.

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

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.