FDR

The task of safeguarding our institutions seems to me to be twofold.

I must confess that I do so with mixed feelings—because I find myself, as almost everyone does sooner or later in his lifetime, in a conflict between deep personal desire for retirement on the one hand, and that quiet, invisible thing…

It was my firm intention to turn over the responsibilities of Government to other hands at the end of my term.

I do not believe for a moment, and I know that you do not believe either, that we have fully answered all the needs of human security.

The American people will sustain the progress of a representative democracy, asking the Divine Blessing as they face the future with courage and with faith.

I hereby further exempt the said William M. Smith from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending October 31, 1941.

I hereby exempt the said Louis Loebl from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending September 30, 1941.

It is ordered that Executive Order No. 7515 of December 16, 1936, temporarily withdrawing and reserving certain land in the State of Arizona for use of the War Department as an enlargement of a target range used by the Arizona National…

He wishes in all earnestness and sincerity to make it clear that all the delegates to this Convention are free to vote for any candidate.

Peres D. Ziegler may be appointed to a position as rural letter carrier in the Postal Service without compliance with the requirements of the Civil Service Rules.

I have no wish to be a candidate again.

The above-described tract of land is hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, or other disposition.

I hereby exempt the said Ernest G. Dodge from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending July 31, 1941.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 32 of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937, and as President of the United States, the following-described lands are hereby transferred.

Executive Order No. 924 of August 8, 1908, establishing the Klamath Lake Reservation, in Siskiyou County, California, and Klamath County, Oregon, is hereby revoked as to the following-described lands in Klamath County, Oregon.

We will not use our arms in a war of aggression; we will not send our men to take part in European wars.

It is hereby ordered that the time limitations contained in Civil Service Rule IX may be waived to permit the reinstatement of Mrs. Martha Overstreet to a clerical position in the post office at Douglas, Georgia.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the provisions of paragraph Eighth of subdivision SECOND of section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is hereby ordered that the following appointments, effective as of July 1…

The principal lesson of the war up to the present time is that partial defense is inadequate defense.

I hereby exempt the said Samuel Cohn from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending July 31, 1941.

We are keeping abreast of developments in strategy, tactics, and technique of warfare, and building our defenses accordingly.

We cannot defend ourselves a little here and a little there.

Never have we as a nation attempted to define the word 'defense' in terms of a specific attack at a certain place at a certain time or with specified land and sea forces.

Newton B. Drury may be appointed to the position of Director of the National Park Service.

It appears that the transfer of jurisdiction over such lands from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior for administrative purposes would be in the public interest