Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public land be, and it is hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws

Context

Executive Order 8921—Withdrawing Public Land for Use of the United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department

10/22/1941

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