Franklin Roosevelt actually said...
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, it is ordered that the following-described tract of land on Ediz Hook Spit, Port Angeles Harbor, Washington, which tract constitutes the remaining part of the area reserved by Executive Order No. 2646 of June 27, 1917, for naval purposes, be, and it is hereby, transferred from the control and Jurisdiction of the Navy Department to the control and jurisdiction of the Treasury Department for Coast Guard purposes.
07/26/1940