Excerpts from the Press Conference
04/20/1942
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By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 20 of the act of June 10, 1922.
I hereby direct the Secretary of the Navy to terminate and relinquish, on or before the fifteenth day following the date...
The purpose of this moratorium period is to permit the States to make necessary readjustments in their laws with respect...
During the temporary absence of the Secretary of the Navy, the order of succession of the officers who shall act as Secr...