FDR: “I think we all want to put the future peace of the world and the settlement of disputes on a non-partisan basis.”

It is not really of any great importance.

It may be in another week or ten days.

It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.

Possession of any mine or mines taken under this order shall be terminated by the Secretary of the Interior as soon as he determines that such possession is no longer required for the successful prosecution of the war.