FDR: “I welcome constructive criticism of us in Government.”

It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.

It is ordered that the following changes be, and they are hereby, made in the customs field organization.

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

Possession of any mine or mines taken under this order shall be terminated by the Secretary of the Interior as soon as he determines that such possession is no longer required for the successful prosecution of the war.