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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 14, 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 14, 1933

Executive Order No. 5462, dated October 14, 1930, withdrawing a certain tract of land, then unsurveyed, described by metes and bounds, in secs. 6 and 7, T. 18 S., R. 5 W. of the Gila and Salt River meridian, for customs and immigration…

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Dec 14, 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, approved June 16, 1933, and otherwise, do hereby adopt and approve the report…

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Dec 14, 1933

This Executive order shall not be construed to apply to such orders as the President may issue approving codes of fair competition under title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act.

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Dec 14, 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, approved June 16, 1933, and otherwise, do adopt and approve the report and…

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Dec 13, 1933

Rules and regulations shall be promulgated by the President with a view to securing uniform action by the heads of the various executive departments and independent Government establishments in the application of the provisions of this…

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Dec 13, 1933

We can attain the strength and force necessary to cure existing ills and give us a new national health and prosperity.

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Dec 13, 1933

Your support of the measures initiated by the Government to end the terrible depression has been a real influence for the good we have been able to accomplish.

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Dec 13, 1933

It is hereby ordered that the public lands in T. 4 S., R. 15 E. of the New Mexico principal meridian, New Mexico, be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, and all forms of appropriation, pending a resurvey…

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Dec 11, 1933

Executive Order No. 5315, dated March 26, 1930, withdrawing public lands in T. 16 N., R. 11 E. of the New Mexico principal meridian, New Mexico, pending resurvey, is hereby revoked.

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Dec 11, 1933

It is hereby ordered that the following-described parcels of land, heretofore transferred by executive order of the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii to the United States for the use of the Navy, be, and the same are hereby, restored to…

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Dec 11, 1933

I wish to express to Your Excellency my fervent and devout hope that the efforts... may speedily result in overwhelming success.

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Dec 8, 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 hereby approve said Code of Fair Competition for the Distilled Spirits Rectifying…

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Dec 7, 1933

That program is worthy of your complete confidence and support

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Dec 7, 1933

The maladjustment between supply and demand has been years in the making, and that it cannot be corrected overnight.

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Dec 6, 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 6, 1933

I do adopt the findings and approve the report and recommendations of the Administrator and do order that the said code of fair competition be and it is hereby approved.

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Dec 6, 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, approved June 16, 1933, and otherwise, do adopt and approve the report of the…

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Dec 5, 1933

Executive Order No. 5276, dated February 7, 1930, withdrawing certain lands in New Mexico for classification pending determination as to the advisability of including such lands in a national monument, is hereby revoked as to such of the…

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Dec 5, 1933

Christianity was born in and of an era notable for the great gulf that separated the privileged from the underprivileged.

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