Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the First War Powers Act, 1941, and for the purpose of enabling the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission more effectively to carry out the responsibility vested in him by Executive Order No. 9139, dated April 18, 1942, of assuring the most effective mobilization and utilization of the national manpower, it is hereby ordered as follows:

09/16/1942

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