Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"This proclamation, in accordance with the Act of Congress, opens our mints to the coinage of standard silver dollars."

"It is hereby ordered that the provisions of the said order shall be and are hereby extended to the employees in the said field service."

"It will be remembered that at the London Conference sixty-six Governments unanimously adopted the silver resolution proposed by our Government."

"it is hereby ordered that the several executive departments and independent Government establishments in the District of Columbia be closed on Saturday, December 23, 1933, and Saturday, December 30, 1..."