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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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Nov 13, 1933

I do adopt and approve the report and 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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Nov 13, 1933

I do adopt and approve the report and 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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Nov 12, 1933

I do proclaim that there are hereby reserved and made a part of the Nicolet National Forest all lands of the United States within the areas shown as additions on the diagrams attached hereto and made a part hereof.

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Nov 12, 1933

The above-mentioned Executive order is hereby modified by extending the termination date of said stay to November 20, 1933

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Nov 12, 1933

I do proclaim that there are hereby reserved and set apart as the Chequamegon National Forest all lands of the United States within the areas shown on the diagrams attached hereto and made a part hereof.

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Nov 10, 1933

I do hereby approve said Code of Fair Competition for the Imported Date Packing Industry.

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Nov 9, 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, recommendations, and findings of the Administrator.

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Nov 9, 1933

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of June 25, 1910 (ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847-848), so much of the Executive order of July 9, 1910, creating coal-land withdrawal, New Mexico No. 1, as affects the lands hereinafter…

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Nov 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, approve the report, recommendations, and findings of the Administrator.

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Nov 8, 1933

The policy of the United States will be, in collaboration with the other Nations, again to offer the initiative.

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Nov 8, 1933

I do hereby exempt James A. Wetmore from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until November 30, 1934.

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Nov 7, 1933

In periods of rising prosperity and greater employment you always have an increase in the number of strikes.

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Nov 7, 1933

This year there were a great many strikes that were called for what might be called 'test purposes'.

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Nov 7, 1933

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

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Nov 7, 1933

I do adopt and approve the report and 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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Nov 7, 1933

It is a pretty encouraging thing to see people who have the guts to stand up for their own rights.

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Nov 7, 1933

There is no need for the public to become in the least bit alarmed over present disputes.

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Nov 6, 1933

It is further ordered that there be, and there is hereby, transferred from the Ashley National Forest to the Wasatch National Forest ...

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Nov 6, 1933

It is hereby ordered that the description of the Fort Ruger Military Reservation be amended to read as follows: Tract No. 1.

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Nov 6, 1933

It is hereby ordered that there be, and there is hereby, transferred from the Wasatch National Forest ...

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Nov 6, 1933

It is not intended by this order to give any lands a national-forest status which hitherto have not had such status ...

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Nov 3, 1933

The application for exemption by the above-named applicants be and it is hereby denied.

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