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FDR: “That such influences operate to control banking and finance is equally true, in spite of the many efforts, through…”

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That such influences operate to control banking and finance is equally true, in spite of the many efforts, through Federal legislation, to take such control out of the hands of a small group.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt highlights the ongoing issue of a small group controlling banking and finance despite legislative efforts to change this.

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