Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights and to Executive Orders No. 5364 of June 5, 1930 withdrawing certain lands for the use of the Navy Department...

Context

Executive Order 9153-A—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department for Military Purposes

04/29/1942

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