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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Dec 10, 1934

It would give me great satisfaction if you would give this matter your most careful consideration.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Dec 10, 1934

I am enclosing a copy of a letter to me from Mr. James A. Moffett, the Administrator of the Federal Housing Administration.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Dec 10, 1934

It is hereby ordered that a corporation of the District of Columbia be and is hereby created.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Dec 9, 1934

Effective detection of criminals may be rendered useless by ineffective prosecution or by unintelligent judicial disposition.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Dec 9, 1934

It should be a challenge to you to respond to these expectations.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Dec 9, 1934

I want the backing of every man, every woman and every adolescent child in every State of the United States and in every county of every State for what you and the officers of law and order are trying to accomplish.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Dec 6, 1934

an unclassified laborer may be reinstated only upon certificate of the Commission and upon requisition made within 1 year from the date of separation.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Dec 5, 1934

I hereby appoint O. K. Cushing of California as Chairman of the National Longshoremen's Labor Board.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Dec 5, 1934

I hereby appoint Captain Edward MacCauley of California as a member of the said Board.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Dec 3, 1934

I commend its cause heartily to citizens of New York.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Dec 3, 1934

I have repeatedly stated my feeling that the care of the sick is a local responsibility.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Dec 2, 1934

It is ordered that the following-described public land in Arkansas be, and it is hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry for classification as to its suitability for wild life refuge purposes.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Dec 2, 1934

it is hereby ordered that the present Director of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection may appoint one private secretary without compliance with the requirements of the civil-service rules.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Nov 30, 1934

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me under the Emergency Appropriation Act.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Nov 28, 1934

It is the earliest settlers who have handed down the story to us that long before the white people came here, Warm Springs was a place where people came to get well.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Nov 28, 1934

That tradition, I think, has been rather faithfully carried out right down to the present day.

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