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Franklin D. Roosevelt: “I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking...”

On the recordMarch 12, 1933
I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the nation about the banking situation during the Great Depression.

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