Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"This government has become so impressed with the urgency of the problem of political refugees that it has inquired of a number of Governments in Europe and in this hemisphere whether they would be wil..."

"The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to exercise on behalf of the United States any and all rights accruing to the holder of such stock."

"I hereby designate the Secretary of the Treasury on behalf of the United States to receive from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation all of such capital stock."

"Leave shall be granted at such time or times as may be deemed to be in the public interest."