Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The Congress hereby declares that a serious emergency exists by reason of the general economic depression.

Mrs. Leafie E. Dietz ... is hereby designated as required by law to sign my name to said patents.

I deem it of equal importance to take other and simultaneous steps without waiting for a later meeting of the Congress.

Just for background, speaking on that by way of explanation, these people would be people who are today on the dole.