FDR: “We shall restore to the loyal evacuees the right to return to the evacuated areas as soon as the military situation will…”

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:

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

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and of danger.