It is ordered that all lands owned by the United States within the following-described areas... be reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of the Interior as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife.
Executive Order 8685—Establishing the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
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Possession of any mine or mines taken under this order shall be terminated by the Secretary of the Interior as soon as he determines that such possession is no longer required for the successful prosecution of the war.
I do know it will come, and I do know that tonight there are over seven and a half million Americans overseas or fighting afloat in this great war.
The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and of danger.
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