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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.
Executive Order No. 6361 of October 25, 1933, temporarily withdrawing certain lands in California for classification and pending determination as to the advisability of including such lands in a national monument, is hereby revoked as to…
I congratulate the Canadian people on the successful achievements of free institutions through three score and ten years of Confederation.
We rejoice with you in your past and your present and in the promise which the future holds.
Our friendship between our two peoples is secure from every hazard of destruction or misunderstanding.
It is an example of what can be done where fear, hostility, and aggressive intention are absent.
I hereby order and direct that the expenditure of funds appropriated and made available by said Act shall be in accordance with the orders, rules, and regulations heretofore issued by the President.
Countries can develop an enlarged and mutually beneficial trade between each other.
The importance of peoples being educated for peace, and led by their Governments toward peace.
Subject to valid existing rights, and the conditions set forth in section 3 of this order the tracts of land described in section 1 hereof are hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale; or entry and reserved for use as a rifle range…
Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, temporarily withdrawing all public lands in certain states for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked in so far as it affects the following-described tracts of land…
The withdrawal of this tract is made subject to the said reclamation withdrawal, and the rifle range operations on this land shall be conducted in such manner that they will not interfere with the purposes of such withdrawal.
I think it would have been preferable to bring the positions within the civil service system.
I wish particularly to call to the attention of the Congress the Draft Convention (No. 51) concerning the reduction of hours of work on public works.
The provisions of the Executive Order of January 17, 1873, as amended, prohibiting, with certain exceptions, officers and employees of the United States from holding any office under any state, territorial, or municipal government, are…
I strongly recommend, as urged in my communication to the Congress of June 2, 1937, that all but policy-forming positions in the Executive branch of the Government be included within the merit system.
I do hereby exempt Hoffman Philip from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service for such time as may be deemed necessary not beyond the close of business October 31, 1937.
The withdrawal made by section 2 of this order shall continue in force until revoked by the President or by act of Congress.
I do hereby exempt George G. Hedgcock from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until January 1, 1938.
It is hereby ordered that, subject to such noncompetitive tests of fitness as the Civil Service Commission may prescribe, the following-named nonclassified employees of the Government-Operated Star Route Service... may be transferred and…
This refuge shall be known as the Bombay Hook Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.
I do hereby exempt William F. Staley from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until August 1, 1938.
I do hereby exempt John H. Thomas from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until October 1, 1938.
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