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FDR: I cannot sit back and fail to advocate other measures such as limited consumers' subsidies which I am convinced can help…

On the recordJune 27, 1943
I cannot sit back and fail to advocate other measures such as limited consumers' subsidies which I am convinced can help to prevent the cost of living from getting completely out of hand.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Letter on the Resignation of Chester C. Davis

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