Franklin Roosevelt said...

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

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

It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.

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 h...