Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

It is further ordered that the following-described lands be, and they are hereby, subject to valid existing rights, transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for use in the establishment, construction, and operation of aviation facilities.

01/11/1938

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