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FDR: I have a certain amount of diffidence in mentioning to the persons concerned.

On the recordFebruary 3, 1939
I have a certain amount of diffidence in mentioning to the persons concerned.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Dinner of the Trustees of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Inc., Washington, D.C.

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