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On the recordOctober 28, 1934
It is not intended by this order to give any public lands a national-forest status which have hitherto not had such status nor to remove any lands from a national-forest status.
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Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 6889—Transfer of Lands From the Selway National Forest to Other National Forests in the State of Idaho

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