FDR: “I call for effort, courage, sacrifice, devotion.”

It has served as a link between the fighting man and his loved ones here at home.

That such a body would be best able to perform its nationally important tasks if created independently of the War Labor Board by the President.

The work, my friends, is peace.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: