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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 6, 1933

Just as in 1917 we are seeking to pull in harness; just as in 1917, horses that kick over the traces will have to be put in a corral.

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Oct 4, 1933

David H. Morton may be appointed as personal secretary and law clerk in the United States Customs Court, New York, without reference to the requirements of the civil service rules.

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Oct 3, 1933

A democracy, the right kind of democracy, is bound together by the ties of neighborliness.

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Oct 3, 1933

We have ventured and we have won; we shall venture further and we shall win again.

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Oct 1, 1933

We realize now that the great human values ... rest upon the unimpaired credit of the United States.

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Oct 1, 1933

If this country is worth living in, then this country of ours is worth defending every day and every year of the life of every individual one of us.

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Oct 1, 1933

Your future interests are inseparable from those of other citizens.

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Sep 29, 1933

I do hereby exempt Clayborn L. Gatewood from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until September 30, 1935.

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Sep 29, 1933

The effective date of the transfer to the Department of Justice of the District Court of the United States for the Panama Canal Zone, which, by Executive Order No. 6243, dated August 5, 1933, was postponed to October 4, 1933, is hereby…

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Sep 28, 1933

Subject to the conditions of the Executive order of September 18, 1933, and the modification thereof and other provisions of this order, the Code of Fair Competition for the Bituminous Coal Industry is hereby approved.

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Sep 21, 1933

The purpose of this order is to give relief in those cases only in which the contractor on account of increased cost resulting from the operation of codes or employment agreements approved under the National Industrial Recovery Act is not…

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Sep 20, 1933

I wish you success in your deliberations and I especially hope that they will result in a stimulation of interest all along the line in our public works program.

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Sep 13, 1933

It is hereby ordered that the following-described surveyed public lands in the State of California be, and the same are hereby, temporarily withdrawn for classification and pending determination as to the advisability of including such…

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Sep 13, 1933

It is hereby ordered that the public lands in Tps. 9 and 10 S., R. 8 W. of the New Mexico principal meridian, New Mexico, be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, and all forms of appropriation…

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Sep 13, 1933

It is hereby ordered that the public lands in T. 9 S., R. 30 E., and T. 15 S., R. 22 E. of the New Mexico principal meridian, New Mexico, be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, and all forms of…

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Sep 7, 1933

We have got the train started and it is running, let us say, twenty miles an hour.

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Sep 4, 1933

The Secretary of Agriculture may allot from the sum hereby allocated not to exceed $35,000 for expenditure by the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils for the purpose of making soil examination, surveys, and investigations.

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Aug 25, 1933

It is true that we in Washington are seeking definitely to increase the purchasing power of the average American citizen and, therefore, of the Nation as a whole.

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Aug 11, 1933

I hope that they are as inspiring all over 'the country as these I have seen today.

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Aug 1, 1933

The effective date for the abolition of the Federal Coordinating Service is deferred to October 10, 1933.

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Jul 27, 1933

The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is hereby authorized under such limitations as may be prescribed by the President.

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Jul 26, 1933

This agreement is part of a nationwide plan to raise wages, create employment, and thus increase purchasing power and restore business.

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Jul 25, 1933

It is ordered that the said Code of Fair Competition for the Wool Textile Industry, as amended and submitted on July 25, 1933, is hereby approved.

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Jul 18, 1933

Mrs. Bertha Wetherton may be appointed in the Treasury Department to a position as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue without compliance with the requirements of the Civil Service rules.

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