Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The Board is hereby authorized and empowered to control, in the interest of the furtherance of the war purpose, all solicitations, sales of, or offers to sell merchandise or services.

Context

Executive Order 9205—Establishing the President's War Relief Control Board and Defining Its Functions and Duties

07/24/1942

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