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FDR

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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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Dec 4, 1938

It is only the unthinking liberals in this world who see nothing but tragedy in the slowing up or temporary stopping of liberal progress.

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Dec 4, 1938

I am happy and proud to become an alumnus of the University of North Carolina.

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Dec 1, 1938

All public lands in the following-described areas in Alaska be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, for flood-control purposes

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Dec 1, 1938

This order shall become effective upon the date of the official filing of the plat of the resurvey of the lands involved.

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Dec 1, 1938

I hereby exempt the said George M. Lewis from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending December 31, 1939.

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Dec 1, 1938

The computation of currency-appreciation losses by disbursing officers of the Navy and Marine Corps will be determined by the disbursing officer's average cost rate.

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Nov 30, 1938

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by Article II, section 2, of the Constitution of the United States of America and by section 1752 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (22 U.S.C. §132), it is ordered that the…

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Nov 25, 1938

All tracts of land now withdrawn for such purposes at the Circle, Hot Springs, Fort St. Michael, and Iditarod Military Reservations, Alaska, are hereby placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior

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Nov 24, 1938

It is ordered that all lands acquired or to be acquired by the United States within the following-described area, comprising 573.60 acres, more or less, in Day County, South Dakota, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart for the…

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Nov 17, 1938

It is ordered that the following-described public lands be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for public use

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Nov 16, 1938

The name of the Big Lake Reservation is hereby changed to Big Lake Migratory Bird Refuge.

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Nov 14, 1938

The news of the past few days from Germany has deeply shocked public opinion in the United States.

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Nov 14, 1938

Temporary clerks, carriers, and laborers required for part-time or intermittent work in the Postal Service in connection with the holiday or seasonal business from November 15, 1938, to January 15, 1939.

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Nov 14, 1938

Technically speaking, in diplomatic parlance, it is not a recall; it is a summons to come home.

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Nov 14, 1938

I myself could scarcely believe that such things could occur in a twentieth century civilization.

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Nov 14, 1938

Yes, but continental defense which does not rest solely upon our shoulders; in other words, it is defense in cooperation with the other twenty republics and Canada.

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Nov 9, 1938

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, the Executive Orders of December 5, 1913, January 13, 1915, as modified by Interpretation No. 70 of June 16, 1928, and…

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Nov 6, 1938

I hereby exempt the said Harry Peale from compulsory retirement for age for a period of six months ending July 31, 1939.

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Nov 3, 1938

We all remember well known examples of what an ill-advised shift from liberal to conservative leadership can do to an incompleted liberal program.

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Nov 3, 1938

For the sake of the Nation that is good advice—and it never grows old.

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Nov 3, 1938

Good government can prevent a thousand crimes for every one it punishes.

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