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I hereby authorize and direct R. Walton Moore, Assistant Secretary of State, to perform the duties of the Secretary of State during the absence of the Secretary of State.

It is ordered that Executive Order No. 2124 of January 20, 1915, establishing for the protection of native birds the Ediz Hook Reservation, Washington, be, and it is hereby, revoked.

It is ordered that the following-described area containing 154.46 acres, more or less, located in the Gulf of Mexico and known as Sea Horse Key, together with all buildings thereon, be, and it is hereby, reserved.

I am confident that all of us Americans will now pull together for the common good.

It is hereby ordered that income, profits, and capital stock tax returns made under the Revenue Act of 1936, the Revenue Act of 1935, the Revenue Act of 1934, the National Industrial Recovery Act, the Revenue Act of 1932, as amended by the…

Neither can get far nor long thrive among a people who have learned to think for themselves.

Every man and woman who votes tomorrow will have a hand in the making of the United States of the future.

We cannot reach a millennium or utopia in any four years, or eight years.

I have believed for a great many years that the time has come in our civilization when a great many of these chances should be eliminated from our lives.

In the polling booth we are all equals.

I am just going to tell you a few things that are on my chest and in my heart at the end of this campaign.

People want progress.

It is not an appeal for votes.

I hope that all of those fifty-five millions will vote.

I am terribly proud of good old Dutchess, whether they vote for me or not.

I want to express the hope that as many as possible of those fifty-five millions will go to the polls.

That is the only rule we ever will put up with.

We who live in a free America know that our democracy is not perfect.

Your Government is still on the same side of the street with the Good Samaritan and not with those who pass by on the other side.

I think we are going to continue with that support in the next four years.

I welcome their hatred.

It is the greatest thing that has happened for our democratic form of Government in these later years.

The American people know from a four-year record that today there is only one entrance to the White House—by the front door.

Give me your help not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people.

I want to thank you for all that you have done, for the many hours that you have spent in overtime and regular time.