FDR: “Veterans Regulation No. 12 (a) is hereby canceled effective March 28, 1934.”

The coming total defeat of our enemies, and of the philosophy of conflict and aggression... gives us a new chance and a better chance than we have ever had to bring about conditions under which the Nations of the world substitute…

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

It has served as a link between the fighting man and his loved ones here at home.

All sections of our population—labor, farmers, businessmen have shared and will share in the benefits which increased trade brings.