FDR: “It would be a very good thing for some people that I am looking at.”

We are absolutely un changed in our policy of two years ago, for immediate Filipino independence.

That such a body would be best able to perform its nationally important tasks if created independently of the War Labor Board by the President.

The logic of events and our clear and pressing national interest must override our old party controversies.

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