FDR: “In a very real sense, the Conference in Buenos Aires sent forth a message on behalf of all the democracies of the world…”

That such study should be conducted by a specially appointed commission charged with the duty of examining into the experience which industry and labor have thus far had with these plans, and of reporting the facts for the benefit of the…

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

The logic of events and our clear and pressing national interest must override our old party controversies.

That such a body would be best able to perform its nationally important tasks if created independently of the War Labor Board by the President.