FDR: “If we stop at relief and credit, we may find ourselves without ammunition before the enemy is routed.”

It is not really of any great importance.

The work, my friends, is peace.

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.

It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.