Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

This Report presents the first adequate survey by an impartial group of the entire work of the National Recovery Administration.

It is worthy of the most serious consideration by the Congress and should be made available for widespread study and discussion.

An excise tax of this amount would yield approximately $100,000,000 per annum to the Treasury of the United States.

I recommend to the Congress the enactment of an excise tax at the rate of not less than .75 cent per pound of sugar, raw value.