Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

it is ordered that all the lands designated on the plat marked 'Exhibit A' attached hereto and made a part hereof, be, and they are hereby, transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy.

Context

Executive Order 7302—Transferring Certain Lands to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, Virgin Islands

02/20/1936

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