Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

In order to carry out the purpose of section 1 hereof, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to dispense with the taking of the census of manufacturing industries for 1941.

Context

Executive Order 9152—Directions and Regulations Concerning Census Reports

04/28/1942

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