FDR: “The only comment is that it is a very delightful fact.”

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to take possession of any and all such mines.

We are absolutely un changed in our policy of two years ago, for immediate Filipino independence.

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

That such a body would be best able to perform its nationally important tasks if created independently of the War Labor Board by the President.