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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.
It is hereby ordered that, subject to the establishment before the Civil Service Commission of the requisite qualifications in each case, the initial appointments to the positions of Director and Assistant Director of the Bureau of Water…
The best immediate defense of the United States is the success of Great Britain in defending itself
Not upon strength nor upon power, but upon the spirit of God shall our democracy be founded.
Our modern democratic way of life has its deepest roots in our great common religious tradition.
Mary Elizabeth Huber may be appointed to the classified position of under clerk-typist in the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park, New York.
Today, in sustaining American ideals of justice, an ounce of action is worth more than a pound of argument.
I hereby declare that the following military service is noncombatant service: Service in any unit which is unarmed at all times.
Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to require any person to be subject to combatant training and service in the land or naval forces of the United States who, by reason of religious training and belief, is conscientiously…
No one who has studied our national-defense problems and the international situation can possibly fail to see the need for this project in the defense of the continent.
I am preparing to press for the immediate construction of this project.
An opportunity is presented to complete a seaway comparable in economic value to the Panama Canal.
Guardians across the seas of the ideals for which throughout the centuries Greeks have lived and died, Americans today are aware that the Greek nation is again fighting for the principles of justice truth and liberty, without which life…
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of June 25, 1910.
All persons so ordered into the active military service of the United States are, from the effective date of this Order, relieved from duty in the National Guard of their respective States.
It is, of course, perfectly clear that the House Committee has every right in the world to make any kind of investigation, but the House Committee cannot conduct the administrative functions of Government under the Constitution.
I expect to save money on the thing you are interested in, Pete [Mr. Brandt]—the purchase of public lands, park lands and forest lands, things of that kind.
I think, frankly, it is not a thing that is very much in controversy; I can't see that there is very much controversy about this problem.
Yes and no; we are increasing the percentage of defense work that is being done by W.P.A.
No period of time served in the armed forces of the United States ... shall be counted in determining the period of eligibility for appointment
There are hereby transferred to the Tennessee Valley Authority the use, possession, and control of certain electric transmission facilities in Lafayette, Panola, and Pontotoc Counties, Mississippi.
It is the duty of the United States, in any war in which the United States is a neutral, not to permit the commission of unneutral acts within the jurisdiction of the United States
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