FDR: “I hereby exempt the said Walter C. Mendenhall from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending…”

Possession of any mine or mines taken under this order shall be terminated by the Secretary of the Interior as soon as he determines that such possession is no longer required for the successful prosecution of the war.

It may be in another week or ten days.

It is not really of any great importance.

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.