Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Because, of course, we have had a joint staff for a good long time, not once a week, or something like that, but several times a day.

Excerpts from the Press Conference

03/16/1942

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I hereby authorize the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.

It is hereby ordered as follows: The following-named vessels are transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the service and jurisdict...

The above-named officers shall serve under their commissions in the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

The above-named vessels and officers shall be returned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey when the present national emergency ceases to exist.