FDR: “By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:”

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

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

That such study should be conducted by a specially appointed commission charged with the duty of examining into the experience which industry and labor have thus far had with these plans, and of reporting the facts for the benefit of the…

We shall be equipped to deal with the great overriding question of security, and with the crucial questions of money and exchange...