FDR: “it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, jurisdiction over the acquired lands...be, and it is hereby…”

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

I wish I had the power, just for this evening, to be present at all of these gatherings.

This year we give as well in necessity—necessity for our own.

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