FDR

Such inspection and audit and the determination whether a given contract is a defense contract may be made in the case of any contractor with whom a defense contract has been placed by such agency.

Nothing herein shall affect or limit the authority and power conferred upon or granted to the Chairman of the War Production Board by Title XIII of said Second War Powers Act, 1942.

I declare and proclaim that the articles listed below shall, on and after April 15, 1942, be considered arms, ammunition, and implements of war.

The duties and functions of the Hydrographic Office and Naval Observatory, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, are hereby transferred to the cognizance and jurisdiction of the Chief of Naval Operations under the direction of the…

All personnel, together with the whole of the records and public property now under the cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation in the Hydrographic Office and the Naval Observatory are assigned and transferred to the Office of Chief of…

The Procurement Division of the Treasury Department is hereby authorized and directed to make use of such quartz crystals suitable for piezo-electric use by sale or other disposition for war production purposes to such buyers or users and…

I call upon the people of the United States to express the love and reverence which we feel for the mothers of our country by the customary display of the flag at our homes and other suitable places and by tokens and messages of affection.

War Production Board Directives No. 1 of January 24, 1942, and any other authorizations of the Office of Production Management or the War Production Board with respect to priorities or rationing, and all regulations or orders issued, or…

The Price Administrator is hereby authorized to exercise all functions, duties, powers, authority, or discretion with respect to such priorities or rationing in the same manner, and to the same degree and extent, as if such functions…

The Chairman of the War Production Board may perform the functions and duties, and exercise the powers, authority, and discretion conferred upon him by this or any other Order through such officials or agencies, including the Office of…

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, and for the purpose of assuring the most effective prosecution…

This order shall become effective immediately and shall be published in the Federal Register.

It is ordered that the following-described public lands... be... reserved and set apart for the Department of the Interior.

It is ordered that all lands within the hereinafter-described area acquired, or in process of acquisition, by the United States, together with the improvements thereon, be, and they are hereby, transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture…

Executive Order No. 1023 of February 6, 1909, reserving certain land near the town of Rampart, Alaska, as a site for an agricultural experiment station, is hereby revoked.

I do hereby declare an emergency to exist by reason of the present war.

I hereby exempt the said Harry L. Mickey from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending April 30, 1943.

Compensation for employment during such official hours of duty in excess of forty hours in any administrative workweek may be paid at the rate of one and one-half times such employee's regular rate of pay.

I hereby proclaim that the provisions of my proclamation of September 5, 1939, are suspended, effective immediately.

It shall be the policy of the Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to hold overtime work to a minimum consistent with the requirements of the national-defense program.

The administrative workweek, as herein contemplated, shall begin on Monday and run to Sunday, inclusive.

I hereby extend the provisions of Executive Order No. 9001.

I hereby extend to all contracts of the Federal Communications Commission those provisions of the said Executive Order No. 9001.

I hereby authorize the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.

Subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described areas are hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws.