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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 3, 1943

All such departments and establishments shall submit to the Bureau at the earliest possible date estimates of such supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years 1944 and 1945...

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Oct 3, 1943

Whenever any estimate of appropriation is submitted to the Bureau of the Budget...

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Oct 3, 1943

I fully share your confidence that the unity of purpose which binds our peoples and countries together in the prosecution of the war will be translated into a close and lasting collaboration.

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Oct 3, 1943

I can assure you, that in the performance of this high task with which your Government has entrusted you, Your Excellency may count upon receiving the full cooperation and support of the Government of the United States.

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Oct 3, 1943

The data and reports required by this order shall be submitted to the Bureau...

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Oct 3, 1943

The fortitude, courage, and self-sacrifice of the armed forces and people of the Soviet Union in their terrible hours of trial have aroused the undying admiration of the American people.

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Sep 29, 1943

I think with that kind of philosophy, which is an Arabian philosophy and also an American philosophy, that working together we can contribute something toward a brighter world, and a more honest world, in the years to come.

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Sep 29, 1943

I want to assure their Royal Highnesses both, that the United States is not a Nation which seeks to exploit any other Nation, no matter what its size.

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Sep 29, 1943

I think we all know that the King is a very wonderful person.

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Sep 24, 1943

It is ordered that Executive Order No. 9250... be, and it is hereby, amended as follows:

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Sep 24, 1943

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, and in order to unify and consolidate governmental activities…

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Sep 22, 1943

There is hereby established a Special Emergency Board of three members to be selected by me from the National Railway Labor panel who shall report to me what, if any, wage adjustments for employees of the Pacific Electric Railway Company…

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Sep 22, 1943

The United States Civil Service Commission is authorized to adopt and prescribe such special procedures and regulations as it may determine to be necessary in connection with the recruitment, placement, and changes in status of personnel…

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Sep 21, 1943

I hereby direct the War Shipping Administrator to relinquish possession of the said plant to the Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Incorporated.

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Sep 20, 1943

I do hereby approve and proclaim the foregoing regulation of the Secretary of the Interior.

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Sep 16, 1943

We must plan and work and fight with every ounce of intelligence and energy and courage that we possess.

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Sep 16, 1943

Every American is thrilled by the sledgehammer blows delivered against the Nazi aggressors by the Russian armies.

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Sep 16, 1943

When Hitler and the Nazis go out, the Prussian military clique must go with them.

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Sep 16, 1943

The people and the Congress can be sure that the policy which we follow is an expression of the basic democratic traditions and ideals of this Republic.

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