Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The Housing Corporation is authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, or by exercise of the power of eminent domain, any real or personal property in connection with the construction of any such project.

Context

Executive Order 6470—Designating and Establishing the Public Works Emergency Housing Corporation as an Agency Under Title II...

11/28/1933

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