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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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Dec 28, 1944

I am convinced that Jackson Hole is an 'object of historic or scientific interest' within the meaning of that Act.

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Dec 28, 1944

The effect of this bill would be to deprive the people of the United States of the benefits of an area of national significance.

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Dec 28, 1944

Therefore, it would seem to me that the proper remedy in this situation is not the undoing of what has been done.

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Dec 28, 1944

I cannot assent to the position taken by the proponents of H. R. 2241 that the monument reserve should be annulled.

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Dec 28, 1944

I recognize the seriousness of the tax problem that might be produced in Teton County, Wyoming.

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Dec 28, 1944

I believe that whatever reasonable objections may exist to the continuance of the monument can be overcome without depriving this area of the protection it is justly entitled under the Antiquities Act.

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Dec 26, 1944

We cannot allow Montgomery Ward & Co. to set aside the wartime policies of the United States Government just because Mr. Sewell Avery does not approve of the Government's procedure for handling labor disputes.

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Dec 26, 1944

Strikes in wartime cannot be condoned, whether they are strikes by workers against their employers or strikes by employers against their Government.

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Dec 26, 1944

The Government of the United States cannot and will not tolerate any interference with war production in this critical hour.

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Dec 23, 1944

I pray that with victory will come a new day of peace on earth in which all the Nations of the earth will join together for all time.

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Dec 23, 1944

The Christmas spirit lives tonight in the bitter cold of the front lines in Europe and in the heat of the jungles and swamps of Burma and the Pacific islands.

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Dec 23, 1944

We may hasten the day of their doom if we here at home continue to do our full share.

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Dec 21, 1944

All we can say is that columnists are with us, an unnecessary excrescence on our civilization.

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Dec 21, 1944

Things are better, and things are going to get better, if we work for it.

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Dec 19, 1944

The Tariff of United States Foreign Service Fees is hereby amended by revoking the following described parts thereof.

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Dec 11, 1944

no person shall be accorded a classified civil service status on the basis of his name having been reached on a civil service register unless he shall have been regularly selected for appointment

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