Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"Enforcement of this provision at this time will produce a serious condition among many thousands of families in the Philippine Islands."

"No effort has been made to work out some form of compromise which would be less unjust to the Philippine people."

"No industry would give up the gains we have made in the elimination of child labor and in the establishment of minimum wages and maximum hours of labor."

"I am signing an order today which carries these principles into effect as to some of the so-called service industries."