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FDR: “It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the public lands...be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all…”

On the recordJanuary 19, 1942
It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the public lands...be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 9029—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as a General Bombing Range

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