Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I hereby designate the Secretary of the Treasury on behalf of the United States to receive from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation all of such capital stock.

Context

Executive Order 7848—Designating the Secretary of the Treasury as the Official To Receive Certain Capital Stock From the...

03/21/1938

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