FDR: “I gladly embrace this opportunity to acknowledge the contributions you are making to human welfare.”

I wish I had the power, just for this evening, to be present at all of these gatherings.

The work, my friends, is peace.

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

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.