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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1933, until his death on April 12, 1945. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in New York and is best known for his leadership during two of the most significant crises in American history: the Great Depression and World War II. Roosevelt implemented the New Deal, a series of programs and reforms aimed at economic recovery and social welfare, which fundamentally reshaped the role of the federal government in American life.

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Apr 30, 1940

I am confident that whatever may be the problems which intensification of warfare may bring, the American people will respond to any appeal for funds when the Red Cross deems it necessary to call upon them for additional aid.

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Apr 30, 1940

We have constant reason to be thankful that there is no city, town or village in our nation without its own Red Cross chapter or branch.

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Apr 28, 1940

Officers of the Foreign Service, except consular agents, shall visa for and issue to admissible Chinese such documents as are prescribed by Executive order.

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Apr 28, 1940

Diplomatic visas may be granted abroad under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe.

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Apr 24, 1940

I hereby prescribe that the provisions of my Executive Order No. 8233 of September 5, 1939, prescribing regulations governing the enforcement of the neutrality of the United States, apply equally in respect to Norway.

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Apr 19, 1940

I, for one, am willing to place my trust in the youth of America.

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Apr 19, 1940

This Administration was striving to uphold the integrity of the morals of our democracy.

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Apr 19, 1940

We need a national Government with enough imagination and enough courage to meet those new problems with concrete, specific remedies.

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Apr 17, 1940

If conditions fail to meet our hopes, additional funds may be necessary.

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Apr 14, 1940

By the simple process of agreeing that each nation shall respect the integrity and independence of the others, the New World has freed itself of the greatest and simplest cause of war.

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Apr 14, 1940

We have renounced, each and all of us, any right to interfere in each other's domestic affairs.

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Apr 14, 1940

The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate.

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Apr 12, 1940

If civilization is to survive, the rights of the smaller nations to independence, to their territorial integrity, and to the unimpeded opportunity for self-government must be respected by their more powerful neighbors.

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Apr 12, 1940

FORCE AND MILITARY AGGRESSION are once more on the march against small nations, in this instance through the invasion of Denmark and Norway.

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Apr 11, 1940

I hereby further exempt the said Zeke Johnson from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending April 30, 1941.

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Apr 10, 1940

Is hereby further amended so as to permit officers and employees of the Federal Government to hold positions as teachers or instructors in any state, territorial, or municipal school or university

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Apr 10, 1940

I strongly recommend the reenactment of the Reorganization Act, without exemptions.

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Apr 9, 1940

Reports under oath shall be filed, on such forms, at such time or times and from time to time, and by such persons, as provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

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Apr 9, 1940

I do hereby find that the protection of citizens of the United States requires that there be an extension of the combat area defined in my proclamation of November 4, 1939.

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Apr 3, 1940

I hereby exempt the said John W. Kindle from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending May 31, 1941.

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Mar 28, 1940

I hereby prescribe the following regulations governing the granting of sick leave to civilian officers and employees of the United States.

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Mar 28, 1940

He was neither authorized to make, nor has he made, any commitments involving the Government of the United States.

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Mar 18, 1940

It is ordered that the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States be, and they are hereby, amended by prescribing the following as Chapter VII thereof

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Mar 17, 1940

The airspace above the following-described portion of the District of Columbia is hereby reserved and set apart for national defense and other governmental purposes.

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Mar 17, 1940

It is ordered that Executive Order No. 8356... be, and it is hereby, amended by the substitution of the word 'Foreign' for the word 'Federal' in section 5 thereof.

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