Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The above-named vessels and officers shall be returned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey when the present national emergency ceases to exist.

Executive Order 9113—Transferring Certain Vessels and Personnel From the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the War and Navy...

03/27/1942

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I think that was the chief reason.

Isn't it the Garment Workers Union in New York that makes public its receipts and disbursements?

It is difficult to answer that specifically.

Excellent, excellent, perfectly fine.