Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"All contracts and purchase orders authorized... shall contain a provision to the effect that the party or parties awarded any such contract... shall comply with each approved code of fair competition ..."

"Whenever a dispute shall arise between any agency of the United States and any bidder, contractor, supplier, or other person as to compliance... the Administrator for Industrial Recovery... shall deci..."

"All invitations to bidders hereafter promulgated... shall contain a provision to the effect that no bid will be considered unless it includes or is accompanied by a certificate duly executed by the bi..."

"The thing is going through; perhaps not today, but the St. Lawrence Seaway is going to be built just as sure as God made little apples."