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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Mar 19, 1943

The Procurement Division of the Treasury Department is hereby authorized and directed to make available, from the stocks acquired by it pursuant to the said act of June 7, 1939, upon such terms of sale and delivery to the buyers and users…

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Mar 14, 1943

Executive Order No. 8955 of December 1, 1941, extending the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, to certain positions in the War Department and in the Navy Department and establishing a salary differential therefor, is hereby revoked.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Mar 11, 1943

The banking system is so constituted because of these assets that it seems ready to meet any war demands that may be made.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Mar 10, 1943

The enemy will receive its answers on battlefields of our own choosing.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Mar 10, 1943

Two years ago the question was—where would the Axis strike next?

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Mar 8, 1943

The Office of War Information will plan, develop, and execute all phases of the Federal program of radio, press, publication, and related foreign propaganda activities involving the dissemination of information.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Mar 5, 1943

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States...

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

it is ordered that the designation of Gastonia, North Carolina, as a customs port of entry in Customs Collection District Number 15 (North Carolina), be, and it is hereby, revoked, effective this date.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Feb 26, 1943

I hereby direct the Secretary of the Navy to relinquish possession of the said plants of Triumph Explosives, Incorporated, located at Elkton, Maryland.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Feb 22, 1943

I hereby designate and authorize the Honorable Martin Travieso, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, to perform and discharge the duties of Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico and to sign all…

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Feb 21, 1943

The Red Army not only defeated the enemy but launched the great offensive which is still moving forward along the whole front from the Baltic to the Black Sea.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Feb 21, 1943

Would that all of us could live our lives and direct our thoughts and control our tongues as did the Father of our Country.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Feb 15, 1943

I think there's a little line in the Bible that says, 'Thou hast said it.'

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