FDR: “We have followed the course of events in Cuba with a most friendly concern and with a consistent desire to be of help to…”

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

This year we give as well in necessity—necessity for our own.

The Federal Loan Administrator and the War Food Administrator are hereby designated as additional members of the Economic Stabilization Board.

It may be in another week or ten days.