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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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Apr 5, 1934

Veterans Regulation No. 1 (d) is hereby canceled effective March 28, 1934.

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Apr 4, 1934

It is ordered that the public lands in township 1 south, range 82 west of the sixth principal meridian, Colorado, be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, pending a resurvey of said township

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Mar 30, 1934

Dr. John Bruce Arnold may be appointed as acting assistant surgeon, United States Public Health Service, Treasury Department, without compliance with the requirements of civil-service rule II.

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Mar 30, 1934

The time limit prescribed by civil-service rule IX be waived to permit the reinstatement of Miss Irene C. Claveloux to a position in the General Accounting Office

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Mar 26, 1934

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act entitled 'An Act to authorize annual appropriations to meet losses sustained by officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies in…

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Mar 26, 1934

It is hereby ordered that the said Executive Committee on Commercial Policy shall continue to exercise its present functions for the purpose of coordinating the commercial policy of the United States.

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Mar 26, 1934

It has been and will be the policy of the Administration to favor continued limitation of Naval armaments.

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Mar 26, 1934

I trust that the Congress will continue to cooperate with me in our common effort to restore general prosperity and relieve distress.

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Mar 26, 1934

The heads of all emergency agencies established under the authority of the said National Industrial Recovery Act are hereby authorized, ... to make such expenditures as they may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes for which the said…

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Mar 26, 1934

The first principle, following inevitably from the obligation of citizens to bear arms, is that the Government has a responsibility for and toward those who suffered injury or contracted disease while serving in its defense.

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Mar 26, 1934

It is a simple and undeniable fact that the United States, in terms of compensation and in terms of hospitalization, has done and is doing infinitely more for our veterans and their dependents than any other Government.

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Mar 26, 1934

This is not a law for the construction of a single additional United States warship.

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Mar 26, 1934

It is, therefore, the responsibility of every American to see that the great strides that we have made in education since Colonial times shall not be lost.

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Mar 24, 1934

I would like you to know that in the settlement just reached in the automobile industry we have charted a new course in social engineering in the United States.

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Mar 24, 1934

This is not a one-sided statute, and organizations of employees seeking to exercise their representative rights cannot at the same time be unmindful of their responsibilities.

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Mar 24, 1934

We have set forth a basis on which, for the first time in any large industry, a more comprehensive, a more adequate and a more equitable system of industrial relations may be built than ever before.

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Mar 24, 1934

This broad purpose can develop with a tribunal which can handle practically every problem in an equitable way.

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Mar 24, 1934

It is a complete answer to those critics who have asserted that managers and employees cannot cooperate for the public good without domination by selfish interest.

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Mar 24, 1934

It would be ideal if employment in all occupations could be more generally stabilized.

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Mar 24, 1934

I hope and believe that it opens up a chance for a square deal and fair treatment.

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Mar 22, 1934

Mrs. Elizabeth Bass may be appointed as district supervisor, Bureau of Narcotics, Treasury Department, without compliance with the requirements of civil-service rule II.

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Mar 22, 1934

Our difficulty in giving Federal aid to the majority of cities that need slum clearance arises out of real estate values which are very largely fictitious.

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Mar 22, 1934

If we can get around that and purchase real estate at a lower price so that we can put up buildings with low rents, the Federal Government stands ready to increase very greatly its slum clearance allotment.

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Mar 22, 1934

We have to find some method of restoring competitive bidding.

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