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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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Mar 29, 1937

It is ordered that the following-described area... be... reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture, subject to valid existing rights, as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife.

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Mar 29, 1937

Religious toleration must be inculcated in the hearts and minds of all Americans.

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Mar 29, 1937

This refuge shall be known as the Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge.

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Mar 29, 1937

There can be no true national life in our democracy unless we give unqualified recognition to freedom of religious worship and freedom of education.

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Mar 29, 1937

My prayer shall ever be that this Nation, under God, may vindicate through all coming time the sanctity of the right of all within our borders to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience.

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Mar 28, 1937

Executive Order No. 6119 of May 2, 1933, withdrawing, together with other lands, the public lands in the following-described township in California, pending resurvey, is hereby revoked as to said township.

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Mar 28, 1937

I do hereby exempt Reinhardt Thiessen from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until June 1, 1938.

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Mar 26, 1937

It is ordered that the following-described parcel of land, situate at Kahauiki, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, be, and it is hereby, restored to its previous status for the use of the Territory of Hawaii

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Mar 26, 1937

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403) and section 1753 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C., sec. 631), it is hereby ordered that the employees... may acquire a competitive civil…

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Mar 25, 1937

I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906, do proclaim that, subject to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved…

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Mar 23, 1937

I hereby designate the customs station of Ajo, Arizona, a customs port of entry in Customs Collection District No. 26 (Arizona), with headquarters at Nogales, Arizona, effective thirty days from the date of this order.

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Mar 23, 1937

I do hereby exempt William Gerig from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until April 1, 1938.

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Mar 23, 1937

This order shall become effective upon the date of the official filing of the plats of the resurvey of said townships.

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Mar 22, 1937

This refuge shall be known as the Mud Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

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Mar 19, 1937

I do hereby exempt George W. Hutchison from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until June 1, 1938.

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Mar 18, 1937

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 11, 36 (U.S.C., title 16, sec. 473), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that the following-described…

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Mar 16, 1937

No diplomatic or consular officer shall ask or accept for himself or any other person, any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind from any king, prince, or foreign state.

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Mar 16, 1937

Selfishness is without doubt the greatest danger that confronts our beloved country today.

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Mar 14, 1937

Whereasit is deemed desirable and in the public interest that certain lands comprising a part of the Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Territory of Hawaii, be restored to the Territory of Hawaii for road purposes.

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Mar 12, 1937

It is hereby ordered that the quantity of red cedar shingles imported from Canada shall be limited.

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Mar 8, 1937

I hereby designate and authorize the Honorable Adolph G. Wolff, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, to perform and discharge the duties of the Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico.

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Mar 8, 1937

It is ordered that Executive Order No. 7513 of December 16, 1936, transferring lands from the Roosevelt and Pike National Forests to the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado, be, and it is hereby, modified so as to except from the transfer…

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Mar 7, 1937

I began realizing that the community did not have any purchasing power.

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