Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

it is ordered that all the public lands in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Washington, and Wisconsin be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry

Context

Executive Order 6964—Withdrawal for Classification of All Public Land in Certain States

02/04/1935

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