Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

All personnel, together with the whole of the records and public property now under the cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation in the Hydrographic Office and the Naval Observatory are assigned and transferred to the Office of Chief of Naval Operations.

Context

Executive Order 9126—Transferring Cognizance of the Duties and Functions of the Hydrographic Office and the Naval...

04/07/1942

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