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FDR: “Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the Army and…”

On the recordMay 19, 1942
Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, hereby direct the Secretary of the Navy to relinquish possession of said plants to Brewster Aeronautical Corporation.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 9169—Possession Relinquished of Plants of Brewster Aeronautical Corporation

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