Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The airspace above the following-described portion of the District of Columbia is hereby reserved and set apart for national defense and other governmental purposes.

Context

Executive Order 8378—Establishing an Airspace Reservation Over a Portion of the District of Columbia

03/17/1940

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