Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

In an age so dependent upon transportation and power, serious consequences will follow failure to anticipate future requirements.

Remarks to a Committee of the National Seaway Council

12/08/1938

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By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and as President of the United States, and acting jointly and in full accord wit...

Cut your mileage— I don't mean essential mileage to get you to work— cut the rest of your mileage at least in half.

I suppose it will be voluntary, in the sense that if you don't do it— in effect it will be compulsory.

I can say that on the whole it is getting on very well, but that is not terribly exciting.