FDR: “I cannot permit a continuance of the upward-spiral of prices.”

We must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.

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 is ordered that the following changes be, and they are hereby, made in the customs field organization.

That such study should be conducted by a specially appointed commission charged with the duty of examining into the experience which industry and labor have thus far had with these plans, and of reporting the facts for the benefit of the…