Herbert Hoover actually said...

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, Executive Order No. 5327 of April 15, 1930, temporarily withdrawing certain lands in Utah and other States on account of their possible oil-shale value, is hereby modified to the extent of authorizing the Secretary to approve application Salt Lake City 049347 of the Uintah Railway Co. for a railroad right of way traversing certain of the withdrawn lands.

01/10/1932

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