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FDR: For many years the two great barriers to a normal prosperity have been low farm prices and the creeping paralysis of…

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For many years the two great barriers to a normal prosperity have been low farm prices and the creeping paralysis of unemployment.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt identifies low farm prices and unemployment as major obstacles to economic recovery.

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