Herbert Hoover actually said...

Subject to valid rights, the above-described land shall be opened only to entry under the homestead or desert land laws by qualified ex-service men for whose service recognition is granted by said resolution

Context

Executive Order 5632—Revocation of Withdrawal of Public Lands for Classification, North Dakota

05/26/1931

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