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

I am greatly encouraged that the Governments of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru give this convincing demonstration that they share our belief that such boundary disputes are eminently susceptible of pacific and friendly settlement.

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

It is ordered that the land hereinafter listed... be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for classification.

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

It is hereby ordered that the following-described tracts of land be, and they are hereby, transferred as follows:

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

It has been a source of intimate satisfaction to me to consent to the request made by the Governments of these great Republics.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Feb 1, 1934

I am glad you have undertaken this very great task.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Feb 1, 1934

This work has nothing to do with partisan politics—nothing at all.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Feb 1, 1934

an agency, to wit: a banking corporation, be created pursuant to title 5, chapter 9, section 261 of the Code of the District of Columbia, under the name of Export-Import Bank of Washington.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jan 31, 1934

I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, do hereby provide for and direct the enforcement of certain provisions of section 7 (a) of said act.

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

I do approve the report and recommendations and adopt the findings of the Administrator and do order that the said Code of Fair Competition be and it is hereby approved.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jan 29, 1934

It is with a humble and thankful heart that I accept this tribute through me to the stricken ones of our great national family.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jan 29, 1934

The problem of the crippled child is very similar.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jan 29, 1934

I send you my greetings and my heartfelt thanks; but at the same time I feel that I have the right to speak to you more as the representative on this occasion of the hundreds of thousands of crippled children in our country.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jan 29, 1934

It is only in recent years that we have come to realize the true significance of the problem of our crippled children.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jan 29, 1934

I want to stress, however, that the problem of the crippled child is so great that in every community and in every State the local facilities for caring for the crippled need the support and the interest of every citizen.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jan 23, 1934

the public lands in said township shall be opened only to entry under the homestead or desert-land laws by qualified ex-service men

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jan 23, 1934

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 6237, of July 28, 1933, allocating funds for the purchase of lands necessary for the completion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, be, and it is hereby, revoked.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jan 21, 1934

American creditors be given the same treatment as the creditors of other Nations.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jan 19, 1934

The result should be a coherent body of law, protective of the large consuming interests and yet broad enough to afford the necessary play for industry to act as a unit.

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