Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I do adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and findings of the Administrator

The United States, by reason of its large population and its large silver production, agreed to take from its mines annually at least 24,421...

This agreement, of course, was for the purpose of allowing demand and supply to govern the price of silver.

I do order that the application for exemption by the Southern Plow Manufacturers Association, be and is hereby denied.