Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

It is ordered that the following-described land be, and it is hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, permit, or lease and reserved as a source of material for the construction and maintenance of public highways.

Context

Executive Order 6902—Withdrawal of Public Land as a Source of Material for the Construction and Maintenance of Public...

11/12/1934

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