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In order to carry out the purpose of section 1 hereof, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to dispense with the taking of the census of manufacturing industries for 1941.

The Secretary of Commerce is directed to make, subject to the exercise by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget of his responsibilities for the coordination of Federal statistical activities, such special investigations and reports of…

We too are the United States of America. That is why we must work and sacrifice.

The American people spiritually prepared for war on a world-wide scale.

We realize that the war has become what Hitler originally proclaimed it to be- a total war.

Our own American civilian population is now relatively safe from such disasters.

It is ordered that the following-described public land in Pinellas County, Florida, be, and it is hereby transferred

I do not think that any American citizen should have a net income in excess of $25,000 per year after payment of taxes.

The Federal Public Housing Commissioner of the National Housing Agency, or any officer of the Federal Public Housing Authority acting in the absence or disability of the Commissioner, is hereby authorized to exercise the authority…

Every loyal American is aware of his individual responsibility.

It must not be impeded by the faint of heart.

This great war effort must be carried through to its victorious conclusion by the indomitable will and determination of the people as one great whole.

The price for civilization must be paid in hard work and sorrow and blood.

Profits must be taxed to the utmost limit consistent with continued production.

It is, therefore, more true to call this total effort of the American people an 'equality of privilege.'

It is indefensible that those who enjoy large incomes from State and local securities should be immune from taxation while we are at war.

Victory is certain in the long days to come.

We cannot fight this war, we cannot exert our maximum effort, on a spend-as-usual basis.

As a national policy, the ceiling on farm products should be set at parity.

We must now act to keep it from soaring another 80 percent or 90 percent during the next year or two.

Only an all-embracing program will suffice.

Every dime and dollar not vitally needed for absolute necessities should go into war bonds and stamps to add to the striking power of our armed forces.

Elimination of private debts and accumulation of savings will provide a form of insurance against postwar depression.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18, 1941, it is hereby ordered as follows.

We must therefore adopt as one of our principal domestic objectives the stabilization of the cost of living.