Executive Order 8673—Designating the Robert Fechner Memorial Forest

VIRGINIA

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and by the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 34, 36 (U.S.C., title 16, sec. 473), and section 11 of the act of March 1, 1911, 36 Stat. 963 (U.S.C., title 16, sec. 521), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Federal Security Agency, the Massanutten Unit of the George Washington National Forest, as described in Proclamation No. 2311 of November 23, 1938, and as indicated in the diagram accompanying that proclamation, is hereby designated as the Robert Fechner Memorial Forest, in honor of Robert Fechner, the first Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps.

The national-forest lands within the boundaries of this memorial forest, and those subsequently acquired within its boundaries, shall continue to have a national-forest status, but their administration, development, and management by the Forest Service shall reflect the spirit and intent of their memorial designation.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
February 5, 1941.