Herbert Hoover actually said...
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497), it is hereby ordered that the following described tracts of public lands in California be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, except as provided in said acts, in aid of proposed legislation authorizing the sale of these lands to the city of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:
04/06/1930