Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President and as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, it is hereby order...

All federal agencies, including but not limited to the War Manpower Commission, the National Selective Service System, the Department of Jus...

That's plain English.

I think we all want to put the future peace of the world and the settlement of disputes on a non-partisan basis.