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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 19, 1933

The group undertaking the foundation of this organization will announce, as soon as possible, its plans.

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Oct 19, 1933

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

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Oct 18, 1933

I in no way have changed my position favoring deep waterways from the head of the Great Lakes to the mouth of the St. Lawrence.

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Oct 17, 1933

I hereby designate and authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire, by purchase or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, any real or personal property.

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Oct 16, 1933

The Republic of Panama is recognized as entitled, as a sovereign Nation, to take advantage of the commercial opportunities inherent in its geographical situation.

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Oct 16, 1933

The Government of the United States would sympathetically consider any request which the Government of Panama might make for the solution by arbitration of any important question.

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Oct 14, 1933

The purpose of the Deposit Liquidation Division will be to stimulate and encourage liquidating agents of banks closed after January 1, 1933, to borrow from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

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Oct 13, 1933

I do hereby exempt James S. Goldsmith and George G. Hedgcock from the provisions thereof and continue them in the service until October 31, 1934.

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Oct 12, 1933

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

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Oct 12, 1933

It is further ordered that all lands now a part of the Rainier National Forest lying south and east of the following-described line, and north of the Yakima Indian Reservation, except sec. 30, T. 12 N., R. 14 E., be, and the same are…

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Oct 12, 1933

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897.

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Oct 12, 1933

It is not intended by this order to give any lands a national-forest status which have not heretofore had such status, nor to remove any lands from a national-forest status, except the lands above described as being eliminated from the…

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Oct 12, 1933

We must at the same time have the definite objective in every State and in every school district of restoring the useful functions of education at least to their pre-depression level.

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Oct 12, 1933

It is not intended by this order to transfer from the Rainier National Forest to the Snoqualmie National Forest lands lying north and east of the following-described line since such lands by Executive order of even date are being…

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Oct 12, 1933

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897 (ch. 2, 30 Stat. 11, 34, 36), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, the following-described lands of the Rainier National Forest as defined by…

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Oct 10, 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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Oct 10, 1933

Invite the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or in other suitable places

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Oct 10, 1933

Any newspaper story that says we are engaged on this particular proposition at this time just isn't so.

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Oct 10, 1933

I hope very much that there won't be any categorical stories one way or the other on the debt negotiations because the thing is frankly and definitely up in the air completely.

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Oct 10, 1933

The flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings

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Oct 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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Oct 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 and recommendations and adopt the findings of the Administrator.

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