FDR: “Do not obstruct, I beg of you, this great purpose.”

That such study should be conducted by a specially appointed commission charged with the duty of examining into the experience which industry and labor have thus far had with these plans, and of reporting the facts for the benefit of the…

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

All Federal agencies are directed to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior to the fullest extent possible.

Our participation in the Food and Agriculture Organization will be an essential step in this collaboration.