Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

In cases of emergency the Secretary of State is authorized in his discretion to waive passport and visa requirements for a non-immigrant ali...

Just keep up your fine spirit and don't let anything at all discourage you.

I do hereby further exempt Luther L. Browning from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until April 1, 1936.

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933.