10/11/1937
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"It adds power and strength, moral and material, to the armies of liberty."
"I hereby extend the provisions of Executive Order No. 9001, of December 27, 1941, to the Board of Economic Warfare."
"Disagreements as to facts can be resolved, if necessary, by investigations and surveys directed by me."
"The practice of executing scores of innocent hostages in reprisal for isolated attacks on Germans in countries temporarily under the Nazi heel revolts a world already inured to suffering and brutality..."