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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 1, 1934

Equally clear is the fact that a full and permanent domestic recovery depends in part upon a revived and strengthened international trade.

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Mar 1, 1934

May I emphasize that while we desire to grant complete independence at the earliest proper moment, to effect this result without allowing sufficient time for necessary political and economic adjustments would be a definite injustice to the…

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Mar 1, 1934

For thirty-six years the relations between the people of the Philippine Islands and the people of the United States have been friendly and of great mutual benefit.

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Feb 28, 1934

The purpose of such legislation, as in the case of farm financing, will be to assure the continued progress on a self-sustaining basis of the making of loans for the purpose of refinancing home mortgages without interruption.

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Feb 28, 1934

Executive Order No. 6440 of November 18, 1933, as amended by Executive Order No. 6554 of January 10, 1934, relating to rates of compensation of Government employees in emergency agencies not subject to the Classification Act of 1923 and…

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Feb 28, 1934

I now recommend that the Home Owners Loan Act be similarly amended.

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Feb 28, 1934

Authority should also be given to the Home Owners Loan Corporation to purchase bonds of the Federal Home Loan Banks.

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Feb 27, 1934

It is further ordered that all items above enumerated under class 2 be, and they are hereby, transferred to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for use in the administration of the government of the Virgin Islands.

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Feb 27, 1934

It is hereby ordered that all items above enumerated under class 1 be, and they are hereby, transferred temporarily to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for use in the administration of the government of the…

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Feb 27, 1934

Relief funds, therefore, will be expended on behalf of rural families in a manner and to an extent that will enable them to achieve self-support.

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Feb 27, 1934

The care of needy persons in rural areas is a problem quite distinct and apart from that of the industrial unemployed.

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Feb 25, 1934

I do adopt and approve the report, recommendations and findings of the Administrator and do order that the said Code of Fair Competition be and it is hereby approved.

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Feb 25, 1934

It is ordered that the public lands in the Territory of Alaska included within the following-described boundaries be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for use as an addition to the…

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Feb 25, 1934

I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title 1 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and otherwise, do modify my order of November 17, 1933 approving…

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Feb 25, 1934

I recommend that the Congress create a new agency to be known as the Federal Communications Commission.

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Feb 25, 1934

It is ordered that so much of section 2 of Executive Order No. 6166... be, and it is hereby, revoked.

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Feb 25, 1934

All functions of administration pertaining to national cemeteries and memorials located in Europe... be, and they are hereby, transferred from the War Department to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

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Feb 23, 1934

Public lands in said sections shall be opened only to entry under the homestead or desert-land laws by qualified ex-service men

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Feb 22, 1934

Cooperative methods will be used wherever practicable, which will enable these people to help themselves toward an improved standard of living.

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Feb 19, 1934

By virtue of and pursuant to authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of February 16, 1933 (ch. 89, 47 Stat. 812), the following regulations are hereby prescribed:

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Feb 19, 1934

It is ordered that the following-described public land in California be, and it is hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry for use by the Department of Agriculture as a fire-lookout site.

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Feb 16, 1934

Applications for review on appeal to the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall be filed within 1 year from the date of mailing of notice of the result of initial review or determination.

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Feb 16, 1934

My aforesaid condition is not to be construed or interpreted in such manner as to conflict with Section 7 (a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act.

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Feb 16, 1934

That the maximum hours of work specified in Article III of the Code and/or any other provisions of the Code relating to hours of work, shall not be construed as a minimum work day or work week;

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Feb 16, 1934

It is ordered that said Executive Order No. 6355 be, and it is hereby, supplemented and amplified as follows:

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