Franklin Roosevelt actually said...
It is not intended by this order to give any lands a national-forest status which have not heretofore had such status, nor to remove any lands from a national-forest status, except the lands above described as being eliminated from the Rainier National Forest.
Context
Executive Order 6334—Transfer of Lands from the Rainier National Forest to the Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington
10/12/1933