Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I hereby exempt the said Cloyd A. McIlvaine from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending February 29, 1940."

"I wanted to make sure that this archive is well preserved and accessible to future historians."

"Yes, because people did not write as much in those days."

"It is my thought, however, that an opportunity exists to set up for the first time in this country what might be called a source material collection relating to a specific period in our history."