Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"In making the initial adjustment of salaries under this order, where it is necessary to reduce the present rate of an employee to conform to the rate scheduled for the grade to which his position is a..."

"By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 2(b) and 10(a) of title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, Public, No. 67, Seventy-third Congress, I hereby delegate..."

"It is hereby ordered that the respective heads of National Industrial Recovery Administration...shall, unless otherwise specifically authorized by me, fix such rates for officers and employees now in ..."

"By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States."