FDR: “I think that was the chief reason.”

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

It is ordered that the following changes be, and they are hereby, made in the customs field organization.

We shall be equipped to deal with the great overriding question of security, and with the crucial questions of money and exchange...

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