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.
Jun 7, 1942
We are fighting in that cause at the side of valiant forces, representing every race and every creed.
Jun 4, 1942
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to enter into contracts, through the Commissioner of the General Land Office, for the disposal of yucca growing on the public domain.
Jun 4, 1942
The Commissioner of Public Roads, Federal Works Agency, is hereby authorized to exercise the authority contained in the said Title II of the Second War Powers Act, 1942, to acquire, use, and dispose of any real property.
May 28, 1942
All property, books and records heretofore maintained by the Secretary of State with respect to his administration of said act of June 8, 1938, as amended, are hereby transferred to and vested in the Attorney General.
May 28, 1942
All functions, powers and duties of the Secretary of State under the act of June 8, 1938, as amended by the act of August 7, 1939, requiring the registration of agents of foreign principals, are hereby transferred to and vested in the…
May 28, 1942
All rules, regulations and forms which have been issued by the Secretary of State pursuant to the provisions of said act of June 8, 1938, as amended, and which are in effect shall continue in effect until modified, superseded, revoked or…
May 28, 1942
The Attorney General shall furnish to the Secretary of State for such comment, if any, as the Secretary of State may desire to make from the point of view of the foreign relations of the United States, one copy of each registration…
May 27, 1942
Upon you and upon your comrades in arms of all the United Nations depend the lives and liberties of all the human race.
May 27, 1942
I hope that for you men of our armed forces this paper will be a link with your families and your friends.
May 27, 1942
You are not only fighting for your own country and your people—you are, in the larger sense, delegates of freedom.
May 27, 1942
It is inconceivable to them that a soldier should be allowed to express his own thoughts, his ideas, and his opinions.
May 27, 1942
To you fighting men of our armed forces overseas your Commander in Chief sends greetings in this, the first issue of your own magazine.
May 27, 1942
I hereby exempt the said Harry P. Hoby from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending June 30, 1943.
May 26, 1942
There remains the irreducible requirement for a volume of new public construction.
May 26, 1942
I am suggesting to the Congress the enactment of legislation providing an increase of $600,000,000 in the authorization contained in the Lanham Act.
May 22, 1942
It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the Government dock and approach thereto located at Juneau, Alaska, and described more particularly below, be, and they are hereby, transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the…
May 21, 1942
Well, I think that he was just as happy to be here as we were to have him here.
May 21, 1942
In a war, public opinion goes up and down with things which look big at the moment that actually are merely a part of a war.
May 21, 1942
There is hereby created, for the duration of the war and six months thereafter, a National Railway Labor Panel of nine members, hereinafter referred to as the Panel.
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