Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"All functions, powers, and duties of the Federal Loan Agency and of the Federal Loan Administrator... are transferred to the Department of Commerce."

"I would say if they can come here and have a good time, and go away without using up too much gas, and without 'discombobolating' Washington, it would be all right."

"That comes right back to the fellow who wrote the story."

"The State Department characterized it as a fiat lie."