FDR: “Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, as President of the United States, and as Commander in Chief of the Army and…”

“Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, as President of the United States, and as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, hereby direct the Secretary of the Navy to relinquish possession of the plants of Milford Ordnance Company, Inc., located at Milford, Delaware, to Milford Ordnance Company, Inc., and the plants of Sussex Ordnance Company, located at Milford, Delaware, to Sussex Ordnance Company, as of midnight on June 5, 1943.”