Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I have investigated the organization of the executive and administrative agencies of the Government which are engaged in the enforcement of the Internal Revenue laws, and have determined that a consolidation of such agencies is necessary to accomplish the purposes of section 16.

Context

Executive Order 6639—Consolidation of Executive Agencies Engaged in the Enforcement of the Internal Revenue Laws

03/09/1934

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