Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 32 of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937, and as President of the United States, the following-described lands are hereby transferred.

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Executive Order 8479—Transferring Certain Lands From the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior

07/10/1940

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