Franklin Roosevelt actually said...
the following-described tracts of land in Puerto Rico, acquired under authority of that act and Executive Order No. 7057 of May 28, 1935, as amended, which tracts are not primarily suitable for cultivation, be, and they are hereby, subject to valid existing rights, transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture
Context
Executive Order 9288—Transferring the Control and Jurisdiction Over Certain Tracts of Land From the Secretary of the...
12/23/1942