06/20/1941
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"By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of October 17, 1940, Public No. 872, 76th Congress, I hereby prescribe the following regulations governing the granting of allowances..."
"It is ordered that the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States be, and they are hereby, amended by prescribing the following as Chapter XVII thereof:Chapter XVIICIVIL VESSELS AND AIRCRAFT."
"The construction of destroyers is speeding up very materially."
"I believe it is not in the diplomatic list or any other list."