FDR: “I hereby direct the War Shipping Administrator to relinquish…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 1943

I hereby direct the War Shipping Administrator to relinquish possession of the said plant to the Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Incorporated.

Said by

Democratic · New York

Source

Executive Order 9377—Relinquishing Possession of the Plant of the Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Incorporated, at Brooklyn, New York.

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