FDR: “It adds power and strength, moral and material, to the armies of liberty.”

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

That such a body would be best able to perform its nationally important tasks if created independently of the War Labor Board by the President.

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

We are absolutely un changed in our policy of two years ago, for immediate Filipino independence.