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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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Mar 14, 1941

Yes, the decisions of our democracy may be slowly arrived at.

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Mar 14, 1941

I hereby prescribe the following regulations governing the exportation of articles and materials.

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Mar 14, 1941

Export licenses are not transferable and are subject to revocation without notice.

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Mar 14, 1941

America is not a country which can be confounded by the appeasers, the defeatists, the backstairs manufacturers of panic.

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Mar 11, 1941

I hereby further exempt the said Ales Hrdlicka from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending March 31, 1942.

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Mar 9, 1941

If separated without prejudice either voluntarily or involuntarily after at least six months of satisfactory service in a position having a probationary period in excess of six months, he may be reinstated in any part of the service in any…

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Mar 9, 1941

It is ordered that the name of the Wyoming National Forest... be, and it is hereby, changed to Bridger National Forest

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Mar 4, 1941

No interference with elections.—No person in the executive civil service shall use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the results thereof.

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Mar 3, 1941

I hereby prescribe the following additional regulations governing the exportation of the articles and materials named in my proclamation of March 4, 1941.

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Mar 3, 1941

Executive Order No. 8640 is hereby amended to include within its provisions the articles and materials named in my proclamation of March 4, 1941.

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Mar 3, 1941

A quarter of one percent is what?- one four-hundredth; so you see the gentleman had got an erroneous impression from what he had read.

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Mar 3, 1941

The articles and materials named in the said proclamation shall be construed to include the following:

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Mar 3, 1941

I can't talk to a general question; give me some specific instances, cases, places; then I will look it up and find out whether the facts are in accordance with the statements.

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Mar 3, 1941

I, personally, do not feel any different than I have at any time during the eight years.

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Mar 3, 1941

Regulations 2 to 12 inclusive of the regulations issued July 2, 1940, pursuant to section 6 of the act of July 2, 1940, are applicable to the exportation of the articles and materials listed in paragraph 1 (1)-(12).

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Mar 3, 1941

That's one of the most difficult things to put together in administrative form that I have had yet.

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Mar 3, 1941

We have a different kind of crisis, a world crisis instead of a domestic crisis, eight years later.

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Mar 2, 1941

Executive Order No. 6667 of April 5, 1934, withdrawing public lands in Colorado pending a resurvey, is hereby revoked.

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Feb 28, 1941

All positions in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation which were not covered...are hereby covered into the competitive classified civil service effective March 1, 1941.

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Feb 28, 1941

I hereby exempt the said Harry L Mickey from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending April 30, 1942.

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Feb 27, 1941

It is hereby ordered that jurisdiction over the hereinafter-described lands be transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior.

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Feb 26, 1941

I want to place the chief emphasis on the service you can render in promoting solidarity among all the peoples of the Americas.

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