Excerpts from the Press Conference
05/17/1937
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Today we are on the offensive.
I cannot wait until the last moment to take action to see that the supplies to our fighting men are not interrupted.
The major military offensives now planned must not be delayed by the interruption of vital transportation facilities.
The Secretary of War is directed to manage and operate the carriers taken under this Order.