Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

"I also call upon officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag of the United States on all public buildings on the twelfth day of October in honor of the memory of Christopher Col..."

"Now, Therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Tuesday, October 12, 1954, as Columbus Day, and I invite all the people of our Nation to observe..."

"I hereby suspend, from and including the effective date of the said acts, compliance with the provisions of the said sections: Provided, that this suspension shall not be construed to affect the provi..."

"By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Renegotiation Act of 1951, 65 Stat. 7, as amended, hereinafter referred to as the Act, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:"