Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"To investigate, to study, to develop every medical possibility of enabling those so afflicted to become economically independent in their local communities will be one of the chief aims of the new fou..."

"These are scattered throughout the arid and semi-arid states."

"I have been very much concerned over the epidemics of infantile paralysis which have been prevalent in many cities in different parts of the country."

"The persistent and tragic droughts which during recent years have afflicted all the west in varying degrees have made it imperative that what can be done, consistent with good economic and engineering..."