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  2. Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation was one of the so-called alphabet agencies set up in the United States during the 1930s as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Created in 1933 as the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation, its name was changed by charter amendment on November 18, 1935. In 1937 its administration was ...

  3. Alphabet agencies - Wikipedia

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    The alphabet agencies, or New Deal agencies, were the U.S. federal government agencies created as part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The earliest agencies were created to combat the Great Depression in the United States and were established during Roosevelt's first 100 days in office in 1933. In total, at least 69 offices ...

  4. Adobe Acrobat - Wikipedia

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    Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software and web services developed by Adobe Inc. to view, create, manipulate, print and manage Portable Document Format (PDF) files. [ 16 ] The family comprises Acrobat Reader (formerly Reader), Acrobat (formerly Exchange) and Acrobat.com .

  5. 1944 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    The 1944 State of the Union address was delivered by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, on January 11, 1944, amidst the ongoing World War II. Roosevelt outlined his vision for the postwar world, emphasizing the need for both military victory and lasting peace built on economic and social security. [1]

  6. Harry Hopkins - Wikipedia

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    Harold Lloyd Hopkins (August 17, 1890 – January 29, 1946) was an American statesman, public administrator, and presidential advisor. A trusted deputy to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hopkins directed New Deal relief programs before serving as the eighth United States secretary of commerce from 1938 to 1940 and as Roosevelt's chief foreign policy advisor and liaison to Allied leaders ...

  7. Reorganization Act of 1939 - Wikipedia

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    The Reorganization Act of 1939, Pub. L. 76–19, 53 Stat. 561, enacted April 3, 1939, is an American Act of Congress which gave the President of the United States the authority to hire additional confidential staff and reorganize the executive branch (within certain limits) for two years subject to legislative veto. [1]

  8. 1941 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    The 1941 State of the Union address was delivered by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, on January 6, 1941. Roosevelt warned of unprecedented global threats from Axis powers during World War II and introduced his vision of the Four Freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from ...

  9. Samuel Rosenman - Wikipedia

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    Rosenman was responsible for the term "New Deal", a phrase in the conclusion of FDR's acceptance speech at the 1932 Democratic National Convention. [5] While he was not heavily involved in speechwriting during Roosevelt's first term, he started traveling to Washington to help out with important talks during the 1936 campaign and was a key ...