Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Executive Order No. 8168 of June 14, 1939, reserving certain lands near Sitka, Alaska, for use as a magnetic and seismological observatory site by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, is hereby revoked.

08/15/1941

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