Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States and in order to define further the functions and duties of the Economic Defense Board.

Context

Executive Order 8900—Amending the Executive Order Establishing the Economic Defense Board

09/14/1941

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