Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

it is ordered that the following-described public lands of the United States be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for public use

Context

Executive Order 7705—Public Water Reserve No. 159, California

09/10/1937

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