FDR: “You see before you today a monument which is a very definite representation of the national policy of your Government.”

It is not really of any great importance.

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

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

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.