Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"All United States territorial waters of Narragansett Bay, the Sakonnet River, Providence Harbor, and their tributaries from the contour line of extreme high water on the shores of these waters as show..."

"Jurisdiction over the above-mentioned 35-acre tract of land is hereby transferred to the Navy Department for the duration of the emergency proclaimed by me on May 27, 1941."

"It is hard to build houses in time of war."

"These workers must be housed or they cannot do their job."