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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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Oct 24, 1933

Mr. Wade Crawford may be appointed to the position of superintendent of the Klamath Indian Agency, Klamath Agency, Oregon, without compliance with the requirements of the Civil Service rules.

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Oct 22, 1933

I hereby prescribe the following procedure and delegate the following authority with respect to complaints and investigations under section 3(e) of said title.

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Oct 22, 1933

Temporary clerks, carriers, and laborers required for part-time or intermittent work in the Postal Service in connection with the present holiday or seasonal business from this date to February 1, 1934.

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Oct 22, 1933

When so directed, the United States Tariff Commission shall make an immediate investigation, giving precedence over all other matters to such investigation; if directed shall give such public notice and hold such hearings as I shall…

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Oct 22, 1933

Now, Therefore, 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 order that the said code of fair competition be and is hereby…

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Oct 22, 1933

The Administrator shall prescribe regulations to govern the making of complaints under said section 3(e) of said title and may receive such complaints.

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Oct 22, 1933

No provision in any code of fair competition... shall be so construed or applied as to prohibit the payment of patronage dividends

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Oct 21, 1933

It's only fair that I should give credit to the sixty or seventy million people who live in the cities and larger towns of the Nation for their understanding.

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Oct 21, 1933

I made two things plain: First, that I pledged no miracles and, second, that I would do my best.

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Oct 21, 1933

No one who considers the plain facts of our situation believes that commodity prices, especially agricultural prices, are high enough yet.

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Oct 21, 1933

I am convinced that at least four millions have been given employment

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Oct 21, 1933

I do not hesitate to say... that it is definitely a part of our policy to increase the rise and to extend it to those products which have as yet felt no benefit.

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Oct 20, 1933

I am proud to have come, proud of the honor; and I wish you Godspeed in the years to come.

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Oct 20, 1933

You boys will be good citizens just as long as you remember your boyhood ideals.

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Oct 20, 1933

The wider we can have a distribution of wealth in the proper sense of that term, the more we can make it possible for every man, woman, and child throughout the land to have the necessities.

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Oct 20, 1933

Every man and woman with an education has a twofold duty to perform.

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Oct 19, 1933

The situation now existing in regard to foreign securities is one of substantial concern to the American people.

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Oct 19, 1933

The organization should exist not for profits but for aiding the American interests which it will represent.

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Oct 19, 1933

I hereby grant an additional stay of said provisions pending the determination by the Administrator of the issues with respect thereto.

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Oct 19, 1933

Every employer in the industry shall increase the rate of pay of all employees.

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Oct 19, 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, recommendations…

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Oct 19, 1933

This order shall not apply with respect to any trade, industry, or subdivision thereof for which a code of fair competition has heretofore been approved by me except as may hereafter be otherwise determined by agreement between the…

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