03/30/1942
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"I believe with Abraham Lincoln, that 'The legitimate object of Government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all or cannot do so well for themselves in..."
"We are bringing order out of the old chaos with a greater certainty of the employment of labor at a reasonable wage and of more business at a fair profit."
"Private enterprise in times such as these cannot be left without assistance and without reasonable safeguards lest it destroy not only itself but also our processes of civilization."
"I do hereby exempt George G. Hedgcock from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until November 1, 1935."