FDR: “We are carrying on, we shall carry on the purposes of these men and women of Harrodsburg.”

We must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.

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…

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.

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