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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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Dec 20, 1933

I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, do adopt the findings and approve the report and recommendations of the Administrator.

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Dec 20, 1933

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

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Dec 20, 1933

The United States, by reason of its large population and its large silver production, agreed to take from its mines annually at least 24,421,410 ounces of silver during such period.

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Dec 20, 1933

I have today, by proclamation, proceeded to ratify the London agreement with regard to silver.

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Dec 20, 1933

This proclamation, in accordance with the Act of Congress, opens our mints to the coinage of standard silver dollars.

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Dec 20, 1933

In order to effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, do hereby order:

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Dec 20, 1933

It is hereby ordered that the provisions of the said order shall be and are hereby extended to the employees in the said field service.

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Dec 20, 1933

I do order that the application for exemption by the Southern Plow Manufacturers Association, be and is hereby denied.

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Dec 20, 1933

This agreement, of course, was for the purpose of allowing demand and supply to govern the price of silver.

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Dec 20, 1933

It will be remembered that at the London Conference sixty-six Governments unanimously adopted the silver resolution proposed by our Government.

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Dec 19, 1933

All clerks and other employees in the Federal service in the District of Columbia... are hereby excused from duty on those days.

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Dec 19, 1933

It is hereby ordered that the several executive departments and independent Government establishments in the District of Columbia be closed on Saturday, December 23, 1933, and Saturday, December 30, 1933.

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Dec 19, 1933

I urge all employers in trades and industries not covered by Codes to cooperate by continuing to maintain higher wages and shorter hours.

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Dec 18, 1933

I hereby authorize and direct Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr., Solicitor of Labor, to perform the duties of Secretary of Labor during the absence of the Secretary of Labor and the Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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Dec 18, 1933

It is hereby ordered that an agency, to wit, a corporation, under the laws of the State of Delaware, be created.

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Dec 18, 1933

The use of a single field organization instead of separate ones for each emergency agency will wipe out all needless and costly duplication of personnel.

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Dec 18, 1933

It is studying the extent to which it will be necessary to organize local councils.

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Dec 18, 1933

The National Emergency Council will assume the responsibilities and carry out the duties of the Recovery Board as provided in the Executive Order of June 16, 1933.

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Dec 17, 1933

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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Dec 17, 1933

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 is hereby approved.

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Dec 17, 1933

I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, do adopt and approve the report and recommendations.

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Dec 17, 1933

It is hereby ordered that all members of the Special Industrial Recovery Board, including the Attorney General, the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, and the Chairmen of the Federal Trade Commission, are designated and included as…

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Dec 17, 1933

The term 'expiration date' as used herein means September 4, 1934, or the earliest date prior thereto on which the President shall by proclamation or the Congress shall by Joint Resolution declare that the emergency recognized by Section 1…

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Dec 15, 1933

It is hereby ordered that the effective date for the abolition of the aforesaid volunteer field agencies be, and hereby is, deferred to January 16, 1934.

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Dec 15, 1933

The National Labor Board...shall continue to adjust all industrial disputes.

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