press has quoted Senator Brewster as stating that President
Truman would request that photostatic copies of the papers
be made available, no formal request from the President has
been recieved. After a full discussion of the entire
problem it was unanimously concluded that if the President
so requests photostatic copies of the papers should be made
available propmtly.
 
  In view of the Executors' position that the papers and files
of the late President Roosevelt belong to the Government
and that they are merely withholding delivery pending a
judicial determination as to their ownership and
disposition, it was decided that until such time as the
question is decided by the Court whenever an official
request such as a Cabinet Officer the request should be
granted without referring the matter to the President. It
is the desire of the Executors to make it clear as a matter
of policy that the files are available to the proper
Government officials for official use irrespective of the
contents so long as every precaution is taken against loss
or damage to the papers. For this reason it was determined
that whenever papers are requested typewritten or
photostatic copies of papers should be furnished and that
the original documents remain at the Franklin D. Roosevelt
Library until the question of ownership is definitly
decided bt the Court.
 
VI. The status for income tax purposes of President
    Roosevelt as Commander-in-Cheif of the Army and Navy.
 
 In view of the fact that Mr. Roosevelt as President of the
United States was Commander-in-Cheif of the Army and Navy
under the Constitution and was popuarly reguarded as the
actual Commander-in-
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