Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"The Bureau of Reclamation shall provide the Administrator with a basic schedule of the power and energy to be available to him from the Grand Coulee Dam Project."

"The Administrator shall market the power and energy delivered to him from the Grand Coulee Dam Project at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior."

"An abundance of low-cost electric power available in the Columbia River region will accelerate the supply of necessary minerals for national defense."

"I am taking steps to coordinate the great power resources of the Columbia River available for the requirements of national defense."