Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I hereby designate and appoint the Secretary of the Interior as the agent of the President to execute all of the powers and functions vested in the President by the said act.

Context

Executive Order 7756—Delegating to the Secretary of the Interior Certain Powers and Functions Vested in the President by the...

11/30/1937

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