Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described areas are hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws.

Context

Executive Order 9114—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department for Military Purposes

03/27/1942

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