Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I hereby order that the Secretary of the Treasury cause a suitable number of Coast Guard vessels, when the necessities of the service permit it, to cruise upon the coast in the season of severe weather and to afford such aid to distressed navigators as their circumstances may require.

Context

Executive Order 7268—Designation of Coast Guard Vessels for Special Winter Cruising

01/05/1936

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