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On the recordMay 27, 1935
To initiate, formulate, administer and supervise a program of approved projects for providing relief and work relief and for increasing employment within Puerto Rico.
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Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 7057—Establishing the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration

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