FDR: “By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 5 of Title II of the Canal Zone Code, approved June…”

The coming total defeat of our enemies, and of the philosophy of conflict and aggression... gives us a new chance and a better chance than we have ever had to bring about conditions under which the Nations of the world substitute…

The coming victory of the United Nations means that they, and not their enemies, have power to establish the foundations of the future.

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

That the President appoint a commission for these purposes.