Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

I would, however, be willing to approve legislation which would permit adjudication of the case by the appropriate District Court.

To say this is not to say that compliance with the statute must be insisted upon in cases where its waiver would avoid a clear inequity.

I have withheld my approval from S. 417, a bill 'Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of New Mexic...

I believe that any equities which might have existed in favor of the beneficiary were more than satisfied when the Veterans' Administration ...