Herbert Hoover actually said...

Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 34-36), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that the tracts of land in Alaska, lying within the hereinafter described boundaries, be and the same are hereby excluded from the Chugach National Forest, and restored to entry under the applicable public land laws

Context

Executive Order 5102—Restoring Certain Reserved Lands Withdrawn for the Extension of Chugach National Forest, Alaska

04/29/1929

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