Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

It is hereby ordered that the public lands...be withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, and all forms of appropriation, pending a resurvey of said townships.

Context

Executive Order 6473—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Resurvey, Wyoming

12/03/1933

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