FDR: “Cutting off the supply in times of stress would ground all ships in a very short time.”

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to take possession of any and all such mines.

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.

That the President appoint a commission for these purposes.

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