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The above-named officers shall serve under their commissions in the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

It is hereby ordered as follows: The following-named vessels are transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy Department.

It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described lands be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws

The above-named vessels and officers shall be returned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey when the present national emergency ceases to exist.

I do hereby order as follows:

The Committee shall consist of a chairman and six other members.

I do hereby establish and proclaim the following-described areas as Maritime Control Areas.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, and as President of the United States, section 1 of Executive Order No. 8737 of April 16, 1941, establishing the Fort Gulick…

Nothing herein shall be deemed to render inapplicable existing state or Federal laws concerning the health, safety, security and employment standards of the employees of said railroad.

The Director of the Office of Defense Transportation is directed to take immediate possession of all real and personal property, franchises, rights and other assets, tangible and intangible, of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad…

It must be made very clear that the war effort is being impeded.

We must keep our eyes fixed now upon the one all-important primary task to produce more materials at a greater speed.

No one, of course, should be permitted to escape ultimate prosecution for any violation of law.

The American people should be informed of each step in their war effort.

I hereby except from the classification 'alien enemy' all persons whom the Attorney General of the United States shall, after investigation fully establishing their loyalty, certify as persons loyal to the United States.

The war effort must come first and everything else must wait.

Payments of allowances for quarters and subsistence may be made to enlisted men not more than one month in advance, except that as to men proceeding to or from a station beyond the continental limits of the United States or in Alaska, such…

I urge all employers and Government agencies of all kinds to give those under their charge sufficient time in which to fulfill the obligations of registration incumbent upon them under the said Act and this proclamation.

The Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall maintain a continuous surveillance of governmental publication of statistical data.

The Director shall consult with the United States Employment Service and other agencies on employment and other problems incident to activities under this Order.

There is established in the Office for Emergency Management of the Executive Office of the President the War Relocation Authority.

The Director of the War Relocation Authority is authorized and directed to formulate and effectuate a program for the removal, from the areas designated from time to time by the Secretary of War or appropriate military commander.

Departments and agencies of the United States are directed to cooperate with and assist the Director in his activities hereunder.

It is intended that the lands described herein shall be returned to the administration of the Department of the Interior when they are no longer needed for the purpose for which they are reserved.

This Order does not limit the authority granted in Executive Order No. 8972 of December 12, 1941; Executive Order No. 9066 of February 19, 1942...