Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

It has become increasingly clear that these needs cannot be met unless employment by the Works Progress Administration is increased immediately.

Letter to the Speaker of the House on Unemployment Relief

02/09/1938

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I hereby exempt the said Paul Bartsch from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending August 31, 1942.

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I hereby call and order into the service of the armed forces of the United States for the period of the existing emergency.