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FDR: The Procurement Division of the Treasury Department is hereby authorized and directed to make use of such quartz…

On the recordApril 6, 1942
The Procurement Division of the Treasury Department is hereby authorized and directed to make use of such quartz crystals suitable for piezo-electric use by sale or other disposition for war production purposes to such buyers or users and in such amounts as may be requested from time to time by the Chairman of the War Production Board.
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Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 9123—Authorizing the Procurement Division to Use Quartz Crystals Acquired Pursuant to the Act of June 7, 1939

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