Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I hereby authorize and direct John Monroe Johnson, an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, to perform the duties of the Secretary of Commerce during the absence or sickness of the Secretary.

Context

Executive Order 7900—Designating John Monroe Johnson and Richard C. Patterson, Jr., To Act as Secretary of Commerce

05/27/1938

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