Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I am taking steps to coordinate the great power resources of the Columbia River available for the requirements of national defense."

"The present national defense emergency makes evident the fact that the many strategic and critical mineral reserves found in the Pacific Northwest are a matter of national interest."

"Take a very simple example… We know that we have plenty of rifles in reserve for all the men that would have to be taught to drill with rifles."

"Time is of the essence."