Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described areas be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation and use under the public-land laws.

Context

Executive Order 9132—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department in Connection with the Fort Peck Dam and...

04/12/1942

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