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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· May 1, 1935

The National Industrial Recovery Act has not been in effect long enough to demonstrate whether or not it will be effective for its purposes.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 30, 1935

It is ordered that the following-described lands in Alaska be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for use by the Department of Commerce for lighthouse purposes.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 30, 1935

I do hereby adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and findings of the National Industrial Recovery Board and do hereby order that the said Agreement be and the same hereby is approved.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 30, 1935

it is ordered that the boundaries of the Cibola National Forest in New Mexico, as modified by Executive Order No. 5752, of December 3, 1931, be, and they are hereby, further modified by excluding therefrom the following-described land

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 1935

Subject to valid existing rights, the tract of land described in section 1 of this order is hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 1935

Executive Order No. 6910 is hereby revoked as to the following-described tract of public land in California.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 29, 1935

I do hereby further exempt Charles H. Deetz from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until May 1, 1936.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 28, 1935

I do adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and findings of the National Industrial Recovery Board and do order that the said Subchapter II-B be and it is hereby approved.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 28, 1935

This Government does not in any of its plans or policies envisage the possibility of a change in the friendly relationship between the United States and any foreign country.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 28, 1935

I can go further and state that they do not reflect the views, purposes or motives of the United States Government.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 28, 1935

This Government not only accepts as an accomplished fact the permanent peace conditions cemented by many generations of friendship between the Canadian and American people, but expects to live up to not only the letter, but also the spirit…

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 27, 1935

Fear is vanishing and confidence is growing on every side.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 27, 1935

It is time to provide a smashing answer for those cynical men who say that a Democracy cannot be honest and efficient.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 27, 1935

The job of creating a program for the Nation's welfare is, in some respects, like the building of a ship.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 27, 1935

This is a great national crusade to destroy enforced idleness which is an enemy of the human spirit generated by this depression.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 27, 1935

The answer to this demand was the Federal Reserve System.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 27, 1935

Americans as a whole are feeling a lot better—a lot more cheerful than for many, many years.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Apr 27, 1935

No reasonable person wants to abandon our present gains—we must continue to protect children, to enforce minimum wages, to prevent excessive hours.

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