Remarks at Springfield, Massachusetts
11/03/1944
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The bill is eminently fair to the States.
With God's help we will complete the fulfillment of the pledge we renewed when our men returned to Leyte.
This year we give as well in necessity—necessity for our own.
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 20 of the act of June 10, 1922.