By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 5 of Title II of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934.

Our task on this New Year's Day is threefold: first, to press on with the massed forces of free humanity till the present bandit assault upon civilization is completely crushed.

All the planning for the future is dependent, obviously, on peace.

The maintenance and safeguarding of peace is the most vital single necessity in the lives of each and all of us.

This reservation shall be known as the Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge.

I hereby suspend for the duration of the emergencies proclaimed by me on September 8, 1939, and May 27, 1941, the above-mentioned provisions of law prohibiting more than eight hours of labor in one day by laborers and mechanics employed by…

the following-described tracts of land in Puerto Rico, acquired under authority of that act and Executive Order No. 7057 of May 28, 1935, as amended, which tracts are not primarily suitable for cultivation, be, and they are hereby, subject…

The Secretary of State shall act as Chairman of the Board.

it is ordered that all of the functions, duties, and powers vested in the Council of National Defense be, and they are hereby, transferred to and vested in the Secretary of the Interior

The Director shall take steps to secure the cooperation, assistance, and services of other Governmental agencies.

Awards of the Medal for Merit may be made to such civilians of the nations prosecuting the war under the joint declaration of the United Nations and of other friendly foreign nations.

There is hereby created a Board to be known as the 'Medal for Merit Board'.

The Director of the Commission is authorized and directed to formulate and effectuate a program for the study of typhus fever and the control thereof.

I am not going to apply the Platt Amendment.

I think the time has come to recognize the practical exposition of the Good Neighbor Policy.

I am going to exercise the Good Neighbor Policy.

By their fruits shall ye know them.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, and in order to assure an adequate supply and efficient…