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FDR: “My disapproval of this measure is not based on the consideration of the additional expenditures it would require but on…”

On the recordApril 29, 1934
My disapproval of this measure is not based on the consideration of the additional expenditures it would require but on the deeper consideration of public policy.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Veto of the Postal Substitutes' Bill

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