Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

it appears that the transfer of jurisdiction over such lands from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior for administrative purposes would be in the public interest

Context

Executive Order 8471—Transfer of Jurisdiction Over Certain Lands From the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the...

07/07/1940

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