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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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Oct 15, 1934

The Wool Textile Work Assignment Board is hereby charged with the responsibility of administering said paragraph 2 of Section 3 of said Code.

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Oct 15, 1934

The Textile Labor Relations Board shall appoint a single individual as common chairman of the Cotton Textile Work Assignment Board, the Silk Textile Work Assignment Board and the Wool Textile Work Assignment Board.

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Oct 15, 1934

No employer shall increase the work assignments of any class of work until he has secured authorization therefor from the district impartial chairman.

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Oct 15, 1934

On petition of the representatives of labor, on its own motion, or otherwise, the Wool Textile Work Assignment Board may investigate any case where it is alleged that the work load has been improperly increased since July 1, 1933, in…

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Oct 15, 1934

No employer shall extend the number of similar looms, frames, spindles or other machines or equipment tended by any class of employee unless there is a compensating change in the operation.

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Oct 15, 1934

The Wool Textile Work Assignment Board may, on petition of any mill which installs labor saving machinery, after such investigation as it may deem proper, authorize the employer to increase labor assignments to the extent only that the…

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Oct 15, 1934

I do hereby further exempt James S. Goldsmith from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until November 1, 1935.

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Oct 15, 1934

The district impartial chairman, on petition by the representatives of any employees affected, shall investigate the justifiability of existing labor assignments.

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Oct 15, 1934

Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, pursuant to authority vested in me by said Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, and otherwise, do find that said amendment and said Code as constituted…

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Oct 11, 1934

I do hereby approve and adopt the report and recommendations of said committee and do order:

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Oct 10, 1934

That there shall be established a Puerto Rican Needlework Commission consisting of four members who shall be appointed by the National Industrial Recovery Board as follows: one member to represent the Needlework Industry in Puerto Rico, on…

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Oct 7, 1934

Your country expects this of you and I am confident it will not be disappointed.

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Oct 7, 1934

The American Legion is a significant American organization, patriotic in its concepts and strong in its influence.

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Oct 4, 1934

Certifications shall be made without regard to sex unless sex is specified in the request.

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Oct 2, 1934

I do hereby exempt Herman H. B. Meyer from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until November 1, 1935.

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Sep 29, 1934

I do not want to think that it is the destiny of any American to remain permanently on relief rolls.

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Sep 29, 1934

I believe with Abraham Lincoln, that 'The legitimate object of Government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all or cannot do so well for themselves in their separate and individual…

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Sep 29, 1934

I stand or fall by my refusal to accept as a necessary condition of our future a permanent army of unemployed.

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Sep 29, 1934

Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance.

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Sep 29, 1934

I do hereby exempt George G. Hedgcock from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until November 1, 1935.

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