Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I am confident that the report which I am here with transmitting will help in devising effective means for enlarging the scope and extending the area of this type of civil service."

"The national defense program has required a large expansion of existing military and naval establishments."

"Their report has now reached me and in view of its importance for furthering the betterment of the national public administration, I consider it appropriate to bring it to the attention of the Congres..."

"We ought now to appraise the qualities necessary for those who discharge those highest functions."