Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

all public lands in the following-described areas in Alaska be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, for flood-control purposes

Context

Executive Order 8020—Withdrawal of Public Land in Aid of Flood Control

12/01/1938

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