Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I hereby order and direct that the expenditure of funds appropriated and made available by said Act shall be in accordance with the orders, rules, and regulations heretofore issued by the President.

Context

Executive Order 7649—Making Applicable to the Emergency Relief Appropriations Act of 1937 Certain Executive Orders

06/28/1937

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