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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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Feb 3, 1935

The periods of trust on allotments made to Indians of the Klamath Reservation, Oregon, which, unless extended, would expire during the calendar year 1935, be, and they are hereby, extended for a further period of 10 years from the date on…

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Feb 3, 1935

The periods of trust on allotments made to Indians of the Colville Reservation, Washington, which, unless extended, would expire during the calendar year 1935, be, and they are hereby, extended for a further period of 10 years from the…

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Feb 3, 1935

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to effectuate the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act, it is ordered that the following-described area in Salem County, New…

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Jan 30, 1935

The modification in this code extension establishes a principle of time and a half if these groups work more than forty-eight hours.

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Jan 30, 1935

I have obtained at this time an expression of willingness to go along with a plan for greater regularization from which benefits may be constantly expected to accrue to workers.

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Jan 30, 1935

This should result in a greater regularity of work and in lessening the spread between the peaks and valleys of employment.

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Jan 30, 1935

I expressed the desire that something be done to regularize employment to the end that the annual earnings of employees in the automobile plants be increased as much as possible.

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Jan 29, 1935

I wish that I might be with each and every one of you at each and every one of these parties and entertainments in every State in the country.

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Jan 29, 1935

I need not tell you of my own deep personal happiness that my birthday is being made the occasion for aiding this splendid work.

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Jan 29, 1935

To all of you who are so generously helping the cause of crippled children everywhere, I also send my thanks and my best wishes.

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Jan 28, 1935

I do hereby adopt and approve the report, recommendations and findings of the National Industrial Recovery Board and do hereby order that the said Agreement is hereby approved.

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Jan 28, 1935

The preservation of the forests must be lifted above mere dollars and cents considerations.

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Jan 28, 1935

A forest is not solely so many thousand board feet of lumber to be logged when market conditions make it profitable.

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Jan 28, 1935

The forests are the 'lungs' of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.

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Jan 28, 1935

I consider the social point of view of foresters as most essential to the success of their profession.

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Jan 27, 1935

The automobile labor problem is today by far the most serious labor problem in America.

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Jan 27, 1935

I hereby adopt and approve the report, recommendations and findings of the National Industrial Recovery Board.

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Jan 23, 1935

I am gravely concerned with the increasing number of deaths and injuries occurring in automobile accidents.

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Jan 23, 1935

Mrs. Myrtle K. Brockway may be appointed to a clerical position in the General Accounting Office without compliance with the civil-service rules.

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Jan 23, 1935

It is, as these Reports point out, an error to say that we have 'conquered Nature.'

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Jan 23, 1935

We should, as a people, be able to solve this problem which so vitally affects the lives and happiness of our citizens.

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Jan 23, 1935

There is hereby transferred to the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, to be available for expenditure during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, the sum of $30,000,000 from the sum of $450,000,000 heretofore allocated to the…

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