FDR: “After next Tuesday there are going to be a lot of sorry people in the United States.”

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

We seek peace—enduring peace.

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.