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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 23, 1941

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public lands be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under…

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Oct 22, 1941

It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public land be, and it is hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws

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Oct 20, 1941

I hereby further exempt the said David D. Caldwell from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending January 31, 1943.

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Oct 15, 1941

I hereby further exempt the said James E. Amos from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending January 31, 1943.

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Oct 10, 1941

Executive Order No. 1030 of February 24, 1909, reserving certain land near Copper Center, Alaska, for the joint use of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture for educational and agricultural experiment station…

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Oct 9, 1941

Of course it is necessary, because we are terribly short of aluminum in every part of the world.

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Oct 9, 1941

We are doing that now, and we have a much politer term for it. We call it 'liquidating.'

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Oct 8, 1941

The pattern of the future—the future as Hitler seeks to shape it- is now as clear and as ominous as the headlines of today's newspapers.

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Oct 8, 1941

It is time for this country to stop playing into Hitler's hands, and to unshackle our own.

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Oct 8, 1941

We must face the truth that the Neutrality Act requires a complete reconsideration in the light of known facts.

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Oct 8, 1941

The arming of our ships is a matter of immediate necessity and extreme urgency.

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Oct 7, 1941

I want particularly to take this occasion to express my great confidence that your armies will ultimately prevail over Hitler.

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Oct 7, 1941

I am confident that ways will be found to provide the material and supplies necessary to fight Hitler on all fronts, including your own.

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Sep 29, 1941

I hereby exempt the said Rutherford H. Baker from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending November 30, 1942.

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Sep 26, 1941

It is ordered that the following-described lands, transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior by Executive Order No. 8471 of July 8, 1940, be, and they are hereby, transferred from the Secretary of the…

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Sep 25, 1941

I hereby authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, under such conditions as he may prescribe, to permit the entry into the United States of bona-fide samples of coffee for testing purposes without regard to the quota restrictions provided…

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Sep 25, 1941

We propose that these ships sail the seas as they are intended to.

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Sep 25, 1941

Commerce on the high seas and freedom of the seas has been a major reason for our prosperity.

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Sep 24, 1941

Therefore, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 9 of the act of August 29, 1916, 39 Stat. 547

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