De facto Commander in Chief Franklin Roosevelt, Esq. issues Executive Order 8785, freezing the assets within the United states that belong to the warring fascist nations of Germany and Italy.
Postscript: Three days later, Germany followed suit, seizing all U.s. assets.
NOTES:
- This was another act of war. CONgress would not declare war for another six months.
- As an attorney (Officer of the Court) Roosevelt was ineligible to serve in two branches of government at the same time, according to Article I, Section 6 [Clause 2].
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 351.
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Executive Order 8785 Freezing the Assets of Certain European Countries.
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