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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 7, 1943

To me, that town is a living symbol of what community cooperation can accomplish.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 7, 1943

This war does not and must not stop for one single instant.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 6, 1943

I think that it is a pretty fair guess to say that there will be a transition period.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 6, 1943

The Congress, in passing and extending the Lend-Lease Act, made it plain that the United States wants no new war debts to jeopardize the coming peace.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 6, 1943

People are awfully—what will I say?- immature when they talk about 'after the war.'

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 6, 1943

Victory and a secure peace are the only coin in which we can be repaid.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 6, 1943

The victors will maintain the peace during that transition period, and they will try out things.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 3, 1943

That determination is shared by all Americans: by workers, by management, and by farmers.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 3, 1943

It is altogether fitting that these groups of free Americans are working today.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 3, 1943

We well may be proud of that achievement for it has done much to make possible the successes of the armed forces of the United Nations.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 3, 1943

To make time and thus save lives and suffering, our American workers, employers, and farmers will need not only to maintain their production pace but to increase it.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 2, 1943

The above-named officer shall be returned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey when the present national emergency ceases to exist.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 2, 1943

The war effort will be unduly impeded or delayed by such interruption.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 2, 1943

Commander Henry B. Campbell, who was transferred by Executive Order No. 9113 of March 28, 1942, to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy Department, is hereby returned to the service and jurisdiction of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 2, 1943

Lieutenant (j.g.) Daniel E. Whelan, Jr., is hereby transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy Department.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 2, 1943

The above-named officer shall, while under the jurisdiction of the Navy Department, serve under his commission in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and while so serving shall constitute a part of the active naval forces of the United States…

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Aug 30, 1943

General Eisenhower has, by skillful planning and direction, made an outstanding contribution to the war effort of the Allied Nations.

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