THE PRESIDENCY: Roosevelt Week: Mar. 23, 1936

Though most nations have their official newspaper, the U. S. managed to get along without one until last week. Then appeared the first issue of the Federal Register. Published by the National Archives every day except Sunday, Monday and days following holidays, printed in the Government Printing Office in the format of the Congressional Record, its aim is to publicize the orders and utterances of all executive officers of the Government, which thereupon become official. Cost: $250,000 per year. Price: 5ยข a copy, $10 a year. First article in the 16 pages of No. 1,...

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