Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Any person who was on October 16, 1936, an employee of the Rural Electrification Administration may now acquire such status.

Well, it's to give everybody who wants to do something toward defense a method of doing his or her part, no matter where they live.

This sets up the Office of Production Management, which I told you about the other day.

I am putting in Minton as Administrative Assistant, to act as legs for me—with a 'passion for anonymity.'