Excerpts from the Press Conference
06/14/1943
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Your proposed gift does more than furnish what you call a 'nucleus'.
The Coast Guard, operating under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, is hereby directed to assist in keeping open to navigation ...
The Conference should be an inspiration to all the peoples of the Americas and an example to the rest of the world.
I do hereby exempt Frank E. Singleton from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until January 1, 1938.