Franklin D. Roosevelt

March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945

1 Year of Unemployment FDR Library / Wikimedia In 1944, Roosevelt signed into law the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, commonly known as the G.I. Bill. It provided World War II veterans with programs that aided in education, training, health and loans for home or business investments. It also provided a year of paid unemployment for veterans.
2.6 Percent Inflation Over the course of Roosevelt’s presidency, the inflation rate averaged 2.6 percent. In 1933, the interest rate reached negative 5.19 percent, which reflected the stagnant economy during the Great Depression. The average indicates a balanced economy. According to the Federal Reserve, an ideal inflation rate is closer to 2 percent, which signals stability and protects a country from deflation.
44 Hours In 1938, Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act into law. This created a 44-hour work week, minimum wage and overtime pay, and ended child labor. It generally applied to “employees engaged in interstate commerce or in the production of goods for interstate commerce.”
52 International Trips Roosevelt, a well-traveled president, was the first president to fly on an airplane as part of his diplomatic duties. This flight was to attend a meeting with British Prime Minister Churchill in North Africa during World War II.
$5 Billion The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, passed in April 1935, established a variety of federal programs that characterized Roosevelt’s New Deal policies. It created jobs for over 20 million unemployed Americans through public works. The total cost of the program came to nearly $5 billion.

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32nd Degree Mason

THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858-1919)
Twenty-sixth President (1901-1909)
Initiated: January 2, 1901, Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, New York. Brother and President Roosevelt visited the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania (in its present home, the Masonic Temple at One North Broad Street) on November 5, 1902, for the Celebration of the Sesqui-Centennial of Brother George Washington’s Initiation into Freemasonry. Governor of New York, 1899-1901. Brother and President Roosevelt issued an Executive Order, dated, October 17, 1901 changing the name of the “Executive Mansion” to the “White House”.

Unfinished portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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