Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

it is ordered that the following-described lands within the Umatilla Federal Irrigation Project, Oregon, be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for the use of the Department of Agriculture as an addition to the existing agricultural field station.

Context

Executive Order 7623—Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of Department of Agriculture as Addition to Agricultural Field Station

05/28/1937

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