Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"It is hereby ordered that the tract of public land in Alaska lying within the following-described boundaries be reserved and set apart for the joint use and occupancy of the Department of Agriculture ..."

"This means that when rate schedules are reduced to the measure provided by the public yardsticks being set up under the national power program, a majority of homes should get more than 100 kilowatt ho..."

"The cost of distributing electricity to homes and farms in New York State warrants a rate schedule which would charge not more than 3 1/2¢ a kilowatt hour for a use of 50 kilowatt hours a month instea..."

"When it is considered that the total electric bill of New York State is nearly $300,000,000 a year and that the consumers of electricity in the Northeastern States which will be affected by this yards..."