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FDR: By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, as President of the…

On the recordSeptember 24, 1943
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, and in order to unify and consolidate governmental activities relating to foreign economic affairs, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 9380—Foreign Economic Administration

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