FDR: “That is why I am describing to you the simple purposes and the solid foundations upon which our program of recovery is…”

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

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.

It will recommend agricultural policies and advise Nations on their food and agricultural problems, but it will have no power to coerce or command.

I recommend that the Congress authorize the acceptance of the Constitution and the participation of the United States in the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization.