FDR: “They know that their Navy is doing the biggest job any navy has ever been called upon to do and doing it superbly.”

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

The Secretary of the Interior shall make employment available and provide protection to all employees working at such mines.

It is not really of any great importance.

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.