Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

it is further ordered that all items above enumerated under Class Two be, and they are hereby, transferred to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary for use in the administration of the government of the Virgin Islands

Context

Executive Order 6887—Placing Certain Government Property Under the Control and Jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior

10/28/1934

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