The result is that the President and the Director of the Budget arrive at a figure for each department and agency which they believe to be the proper amount under which the functions required by law can be carried out with reasonable efficiency.
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I do know it will come, and I do know that tonight there are over seven and a half million Americans overseas or fighting afloat in this great war.
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:
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