Civil aviation is clearly recognized as the backlog of national defense in the Civil Aeronautics Act.
The health of the people is a public concern; ill health is a major cause of suffering, economic loss, and dependency.
It is difficult for almost all citizens to understand why a constitutional provision permitting taxes on 'income from whatever source derive...
It is not unreasonable to hope that judicial decision would permit the elimination of these immunities.
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1752 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (22 U.S.C. sec 132), I ...
I think it would be well to make a few statements of fact about the plan and scope of the work in which we are engaged.
It seems to me that there may be some confusion in the public mind as a result of the evolution through which our work has passed.
I present herewith a report of the operations under these acts to the end of the calendar year 1938.
I have approved of the recommendations of the committee and, in order to put them into effect, I have issued an appropriate Executive Order ...
I cannot too strongly urge the wisdom of building upon the principles contained in the present Social Security Act in affording greater prot...
We shall make the most orderly progress if we look upon social security as a development toward a goal rather than a finished product.
The Congress acted upon that recommendation and today we have the Social Security Act in effect throughout the length and breadth of our cou...
I particularly call attention to the desirability of affording greater old age security.
There is new range and speed to offense.
We must have armed forces and defenses strong enough to ward off sudden attack against strategic positions and key facilities essential to e...
Every American knows that we have no thought of aggression, no desire for further territory.
This program is but the minimum of requirements.
The Executive Order of October 20, 1874, withdrawing public lands for lighthouse purposes, and Executive Order No. 4430 of April 23, 1926, w...