If private cooperative endeavor fails to provide work for willing hands and relief for the unfortunate, those suffering hardship from no fault of their own have a right to call upon the Government for aid; and a government worthy of its name must make fitting response.
Roosevelt argues that when private efforts fail, citizens have a right to seek government assistance.
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It is ordered that the following changes be, and they are hereby, made in the customs field organization.
We all know that the reduction of Government-created barriers to trade will not solve all our trade problems.
We are absolutely un changed in our policy of two years ago, for immediate Filipino independence.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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