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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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Mar 13, 1934

The foregoing provisions of this order shall likewise apply to all contracts and purchase orders authorized by any State, municipal corporation, local subdivision...

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Mar 13, 1934

It is ordered that Executive Order No. 5836, dated April 13, 1932, withdrawing certain lands in California and Nevada, be, and it is hereby, revoked as to the following-described lands: California SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN T. 3 N., R. 4 W…

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Mar 11, 1934

I do approve the report and recommendations, and adopt the findings of the Administrator.

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Mar 9, 1934

I have investigated the organization of the executive and administrative agencies of the Government which are engaged in the enforcement of the Internal Revenue laws, and have determined that a consolidation of such agencies is necessary…

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Mar 8, 1934

The Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works is hereby directed to allot to the said National Recovery Review Board from the moneys heretofore earmarked for the National Recovery Administration, the sum of fifty thousand dollars…

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Mar 7, 1934

Mrs. Marion Doody may be appointed as a charwoman in the custodial service at the Boston Post Office.

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Mar 6, 1934

To recommend to the President such changes in any approved code or codes as, in the opinion of the Board, will rectify or eliminate such results.

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Mar 6, 1934

Lawrenceburg, Indiana, is hereby designated as a customs port of entry in customs collection district no. 40 (Indiana).

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Mar 6, 1934

To ascertain and report to the President whether any code or codes of fair competition approved under the authority of title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act are designed to promote monopolies or to eliminate or oppress small…

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Mar 6, 1934

We must avoid the evils of the past, and at the same time encourage the sound development of the aviation industry.

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Mar 6, 1934

Mr. F. Harry Lewis may be appointed to the position of examiner of merchandise in the office of the United States Appraiser of Merchandise, Customs Service, New York, New York, without compliance with the requirements of Civil Service Rule…

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Mar 6, 1934

Public safety calls for pilots of high character and great skill.

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Mar 5, 1934

I do hereby approve said Code of Fair Competition for the Anti-Hog Cholera Serum and Hog Cholera Virus Industry.

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Mar 5, 1934

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, I hereby modify Executive Order No. 5343.

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Mar 4, 1934

I do hereby create a board to be composed of three persons not pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier.

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Mar 4, 1934

Pursuant to the Act of Congress approved March 26, 1930 (Public No. 78, 71st Congress), I beg to submit herewith, for transmission to the Congress, two copies of a report of a reconnaissance survey for an Inter-American highway between the…

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Mar 4, 1934

I hereby appoint Rear Admiral Christian Joy Peoples, Director of Procurement, as a member of the Special Board for Public Works.

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Mar 4, 1934

It is ordered that the following-described public lands in the States of Louisiana and Mississippi be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, for classification and pending determination as to…

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Mar 2, 1934

It is very delightful to me to become today an alumnus of American University.

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Mar 2, 1934

I appeal to you, therefore, to continue to show even in the face of uncertainties the courage, the vision, the initiative and the cooperation that you have displayed in the first months of our new era.

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Mar 2, 1934

You have a great future-a great opportunity for initiative, for constructive thinking, for practical idealism and for national service.

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Mar 2, 1934

They can rejoice in the success of the representatives of their sex in public positions.

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Mar 2, 1934

We can be thankful that we have studied and are engaged in the process of eradicating the deeper causes of that illness and of many other illnesses of the body politic.

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Mar 1, 1934

Our Nation covets no territory; it desires to hold no people against their will over whom it has gained sovereignty through war.

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