09/16/1943
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"The United States, by reason of its large population and its large silver production, agreed to take from its mines annually at least 24,421,410 ounces of silver during such period."
"It is hereby ordered that the provisions of the said order shall be and are hereby extended to the employees in the said field service."
"In order to effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, do hereby order:"
"This proclamation, in accordance with the Act of Congress, opens our mints to the coinage of standard silver dollars."