Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

All real and personal property under the control and jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce...are hereby found and determined to have been so employed; and all such property as aforesaid shall be transferred to the Civil Aeronautics Authority as of the beginning of business on August 22, 1938.

Context

Executive Order 7959—Transferring Certain Personnel, Property, and Appropriations From the Department of Commerce and the...

08/21/1938

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