“a stunning failure of leadership”
“This budget is the epitome of 'America Last.'”
“We are unstoppable.”
“Everything will get better.”
“I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'”
“I’m popular”

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On the recordApril 6, 1930
Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847), as amended, by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497), it is hereby ordered that the following described tracts of public lands in California be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, except as provided in said acts, in aid of proposed legislation authorizing the sale of these lands to the city of Los Angeles to protect and augment said city's water supply system:
Said by
Herbert Hoover
Republican · California
Source
presidency.ucsb.edu

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Executive Order 5319—Withdrawal of Land Pending Authorization for Sale to Los Angeles for Protection of Their Watershed,...

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