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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.
The Governor of The Panama Canal is hereby authorized to grant, under such regulations as he may prescribe, sick and rest leave to alien employees of The Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company who are not entitled to leave privileges…
I hope that it is going to be said in this country that the war has been conducted constitutionally, and with the approval of the people of the United States.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 81 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, as amended by section 3 of the act of July 9, 1937, 50 Stat. 487, it is ordered as follows:
Religious intolerance, social intolerance, and political intolerance have no place in our American life.
Our fine boys are fighting magnificently all over the world and among those boys are the Murphys and the Kellys, the Smiths and the Joneses.
We must wage the coming battle for America and for civilization on a scale worthy of the way that we have unitedly waged the battles against tyranny and reaction.
I hope that, while we are alive, Bridgeport will never be called On again to make munitions in a world war.
It is good to see them still going good to see that Hartford is not a city of empty homes.
The insurance policies of the United States and your savings are safer than they ever were in the whole history of the United States.
I believe that history will say that we were better prepared for this war than for any previous war in all our history.
Under the last Republican administration the insurance companies were 'bust.'
I am glad to be back here in Springfield now, and I am coming back again.
It is perfectly evident that you don't have to be an acrobat to be President either.
I assure you that I shall be the same man you have known all these years.
Your Government is now engaged in some deep-dyed plot to take over the insurance business.
After next Tuesday there are going to be a lot of sorry people in the United States.
I hope to come back here very often either as a private citizen, or as President of the United States.
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