FDR: “Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act entitled 'An Act to authorize annual appropriations to meet losses…”

“Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act entitled 'An Act to authorize annual appropriations to meet losses sustained by officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies in their relation to the American dollar, and for other purposes', approved March 26, 1934, and in order to afford immediate relief, I prescribe the following temporary regulations.”