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.
Context
Executive Order 8854—Revoking Executive Order No. 8168 of June 14, 1939, and Withdrawing the Land Released Thereby and Other...
08/15/1941