Sep 27, 1937
Our National Forests will provide constantly increasing opportunity for recreational use.
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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Sep 27, 1937
The people of the United States are singularly fortunate in having such great areas of the outdoors in the permanent possession of the people themselves.
Sep 22, 1937
The taking of an application for, and issuance of, a travel certificate for use in China, $1.00.
Sep 22, 1937
I have been very much concerned over the epidemics of infantile paralysis which have been prevalent in many cities in different parts of the country.
Sep 22, 1937
The federal government now is engaged in the west in its greatest program of construction of irrigation works.
Sep 22, 1937
The new foundation will carry on a broad gauged educational campaign, prepared under expert medical supervision.
Sep 22, 1937
I am in love with the particular objectives which the people are after and I am after.
Sep 22, 1937
To investigate, to study, to develop every medical possibility of enabling those so afflicted to become economically independent in their local communities will be one of the chief aims of the new foundation.
Sep 22, 1937
It is ordered that all the lands now or hereafter owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described area... be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement...
Sep 22, 1937
I think the time has come when the government can devise ways and means which will stabilize prices that farmers get for what they grow.
Sep 22, 1937
Well planned and expertly engineered, a new federal irrigation project is a good investment for the government.
Sep 22, 1937
The persistent and tragic droughts which during recent years have afflicted all the west in varying degrees have made it imperative that what can be done, consistent with good economic and engineering practices, shall be done to provide…
Sep 22, 1937
I believe that so far on this trip things look a good deal better than they did in 1936.
Sep 19, 1937
It may be questioned whether the National Government has given the same careful attention to some of these specific and common problems of urban dwellers as it has to the problems of farmers through the Department of Agriculture.
Sep 19, 1937
We are all members of one body and the production and consumption of one is related to the production and consumption of the other.
Sep 19, 1937
The prosperity and general well-being of those who dwell on the farm is directly and indirectly connected with the opportunity of those in the city to maintain a decent level of economic and social life.
Sep 19, 1937
The struggle for democratic government and higher standards of human living goes on alike in city and Country.
Sep 17, 1937
Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid public resolution, do by this proclamation designate October 12, 1937, as Columbus Day
Sep 17, 1937
I do invite the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies in schools and churches, or other suitable places.
Sep 17, 1937
I do direct that the flag shall be displayed upon all Government buildings on October 11, 1937, as a mark of respect to the memory of General Casimir Pulaski.
Sep 17, 1937
I hereby invite the people of the United States to observe that day as General Pulaski Memorial Day and to participate with appropriate ceremonies in schools and churches or other suitable places in the solemn commemoration of General…
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