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Representative John E. Rankin [4] and Senator George William Norris [5] were supporters of the Rural Electrification Act, which was signed into law by Roosevelt on May 20, 1936. Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn was a major proponent of the REA, which he helped pass in 1936 as Chairman of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee .
Listed below are executive orders numbered 6071–9537 and presidential proclamations signed by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945). He issued 3721 executive orders. [ 8 ] His executive orders are also listed on Wikisource , along with his presidential proclamations .
The first tree was an Austrian pine planted on the H.E. Curtis farm near Willow, Oklahoma, on March 18. [ 3 ] The project called for large-scale planting of trees across the Great Plains, stretching in a 100-mile wide zone from Canada to northern Texas, to protect the land from wind erosion .
Published 1942, Philadelphia, PA The map was self-published by Gomberg and offered for sale for $1 in magazines such as American Teacher in 1942 and Survey Graphic in 1944 (seen here). The Outline of the Post-War New World Map was a map completed before the attack on Pearl Harbor [ 1 ] and self-published on February 25, 1942 [ 2 ] by Maurice ...
WPA researchers and map makers prepare the air raid warning map for New Orleans within days of the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 11, 1941). On May 26, 1940, FDR delivered a fireside chat to the American people about "the approaching storm", [62] and on June 6 Harrington reprioritized WPA projects, anticipating a major expansion of the U.S ...
In February 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which provided for the relocation of hundreds of thousands of Japanese-American citizens and immigrants from the West Coast. [146] They were forced to liquidate their properties and businesses and interned in hastily built camps in interior, harsh locations.
This U.S. government photography project was headed for most of its existence by Roy Stryker, who guided the effort in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935–1937), the Farm Security Administration (1937–1942), and the Office of War Information (1942–1944). The collection also includes photographs ...
The 1942 State of the Union Address was delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1942, just one month after the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II. Roosevelt's address focused on the wartime mobilization of the nation and emphasized the need for unity and determination in the face of global ...