Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The decoration of the Medal for Merit shall be awarded only by the President of the United States or at his direction.

Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to limit in any way the authority of the Departments of War and Navy to initiate or carry out directly...

I hereby designate Emory B. Land as Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission.

We are doing pioneering work, and other people who haven't got the same advantages we have here are in large measure copying what we are doi...