FDR: “The chief benefit is going to be not to Vermont, but to Massachusetts and Connecticut.”

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

We all know that the reduction of Government-created barriers to trade will not solve all our trade problems.

The logic of events and our clear and pressing national interest must override our old party controversies.

Possession of any mine or mines taken under this order shall be terminated by the Secretary of the Interior as soon as he determines that such possession is no longer required for the successful prosecution of the war.