01/22/1939
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"By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897."
"We should remember lessons learned in the last war."
"An American merchant marine is one of our most firmly established traditions."
"The maintenance of fair competition alone calls for American flagships of sufficient tonnage to carry a reasonable portion of our foreign commerce."