Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I hereby establish an agency within the Government to be known as the 'Rural Electrification Administration.'

I hereby prescribe the following duties and functions of the said Rural Electrification Administration to be exercised and performed by the ...

To initiate, formulate, administer, and supervise a program of approved projects with respect to the generation, transmission, and distribut...

I much prefer to continue the conferences in the free and informal fashion.