Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to take possession of any and all such mines.

Executive Order 9536—Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to Take Possession of and to Operate Certain Coal Mines

04/09/1945

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I will make an even money bet with the fellow who wrote the story.

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