Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I think it would be well to make a few statements of fact about the plan and scope of the work in which we are engaged.

It seems to me that there may be some confusion in the public mind as a result of the evolution through which our work has passed.

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1752 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (22 U.S.C. sec 132), I ...

I have approved of the recommendations of the committee and, in order to put them into effect, I have issued an appropriate Executive Order ...