Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

By virtue of the authority vested in me... it is ordered that the use, possession, and control of the following-described parcels of land be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Context

Executive Order 8556—Transferring the Use, Possession, and Control of Certain Lands to the Tennessee Valley Authority

09/27/1940

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