Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The duties and functions of the Hydrographic Office and Naval Observatory, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, are hereby transferred to the cognizance and jurisdiction of the Chief of Naval Operations under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy.

04/07/1942

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