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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.
In U.N.R.R.A. we have devised a mechanism, based on the processes of true democracy, a mechanism that can go far toward accomplishment of such an objective in the days and months of desperate emergency that will follow the overthrow of the…
It would be supreme irony for us to win a victory, and then to inherit world chaos simply because we were unprepared to meet what we know we shall have to meet.
Such is the spirit and such is the positive action of the United Nations and their associates at the time when our military power is becoming predominant.
The people of these 44 Nations include approximately 80 percent of the human race.
He shall recognize the right of the workers to continue their membership in any labor organization
We hereby solemnly declare and give full warning of their declaration as follows:
Let those who have hitherto not imbrued their hands with innocent blood beware lest they join the ranks of the guilty.
the Secretary of the Interior shall make employment available and provide protection to all employees resuming work at such mines
Those German officers and men and members of the Nazi Party who have been responsible for or have taken a consenting part in the above atrocities... will be sent back to the countries in which their abominable deeds were done.
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to take immediate possession, so far as may be necessary or desirable, of any and all mines producing coal
the coal mines in which stoppages or strikes have occurred, or are threatened, be taken over by the Government of the United States
The first desideratum is peace in the world and the end of aggression.
I am confident that when the patriotic American miners realize the substantial increase in benefits the Board's proposal offers them they will not reject the opportunity given to them to secure a contract.
A strong food requirements and allocations mechanism in the War Food Administration will expedite food allocations.
I do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe November 11, 1943, by devoting themselves whole-heartedly and with renewed fervor to every task that will contribute to the winning of the war.
We have been receiving from Australia enough beef and veal, practically, to feed all of our troops that are based on Australia.
I shall not hesitate to take whatever steps may be necessary to see that the coal is mined.
But if I am mistaken and the miners do not accept the Board's proposals, I shall take decisive action to see that coal is mined.
We are at war, and all of us must make sacrifices for our common good and common safety.
I think we have all lost sight of the fact that the main practical point at the present time is to sit around the table and see if we can't agree.
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