Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

It is with a feeling of deepest horror, which I know will be shared by all civilized peoples, that I have to announce the barbarous executio...

This Government has vigorously condemned this act of barbarity in a formal communication sent to the Japanese Government.

The decoration of the Medal for Merit shall be awarded only by the President of the United States or at his direction.

For the duration of the war and six months thereafter all positions in or under the Inland Waterways Corporation.