A 1933, Shugaba Franklin Roosevelt ya umurci mutum-mutumin da za a canja shi zuwa National Park Service (NPS). A 1937, NPS ya sami iko a kan sauran tsibirin Bedloe. Tare da tafiyar sojojin, gwamnatin tarayya ta fara canza tsibirin zuwa wurin shakatawa. Hukumar Gudanar da Ayyukan Gudanarwa (WPA) ta rushe mafi yawan tsofaffin gine-gine, ta sake gyara da kuma sake gina ƙarshen gabashin tsibirin, kuma ta gina matakan granite don sabon shiga jama'a zuwa mutum-mutumi daga baya. WPA kuma ya gudanar da aikin gyare-gyare a cikin mutum-mutumi, na wucin gadi cire haskoki daga mutum-mutumi don a iya maye gurbin tallafin da suka yi tsatsa.
haskensa ya haskaka "dot-dot-dot-dash", lambar Morse don V, don nasara.