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FDR: “By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, as President of the…”

On the recordOctober 5, 1943
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, I hereby order as follows:
Said by
FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 9385—Foreign Food Procurement and Development

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