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.
Jan 7, 1938
Thus we in turn are striving to uphold the integrity of the morals of our democracy.
Jan 7, 1938
The Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Treasury, acting for the President, will make the award of the distinguished flying cross to eligible persons in their respective departments.
Jan 7, 1938
The Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Treasury may promulgate, for the service pertaining to their respective departments, such additional regulations, supplementary to these regulations and not in…
Jan 7, 1938
Give to me and give to your government the credit for a definite intention to eradicate them.
Jan 7, 1938
The White House door is open to all our citizens who come offering to help eradicate the evils that flow from that undue concentration of economic power or unfair business practices.
Jan 7, 1938
All members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard of the United States, while participating in an aerial flight, as part of the duties incident to such membership.
Jan 7, 1938
The instincts of the common man, willing to live and let live, work out the best and safest balance for the common good.
Jan 3, 1938
Isn't it the Garment Workers Union in New York that makes public its receipts and disbursements?
Jan 3, 1938
That is a pretty impossible situation, to tie up building construction in the East because there is a jurisdictional fight in the West.
Jan 2, 1938
It is fair to say that this estimated reduction may, by force of circumstances, become smaller because of future events which today cannot definitely be foretold.
Jan 2, 1938
It should be remembered that the laws provide that the departments and agencies shall carry out certain duties.
Jan 2, 1938
If the forecast of tax receipts made by these experts show that the departmental estimates of expenditures will exceed the estimated tax receipts, the President instructs the Director of the Budget to make every possible effort to pare the…
Jan 2, 1938
We hope that the calendar year 1938 will bring an improvement in business conditions and, therefore, in tax receipts.
Jan 2, 1938
The result is that the President and the Director of the Budget arrive at a figure for each department and agency which they believe to be the proper amount under which the functions required by law can be carried out with reasonable…
Jan 2, 1938
I am confident that the Congress and the public will bear in mind certain fundamentals relating to the making of the National Budget.
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