FDR: “No reasonable person wants to abandon our present gains—we must continue to protect children, to enforce minimum wages…”

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.

We seek peace—enduring peace.

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

The work, my friends, is peace.