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FDR: “Also, our present emergency and a common sense of decency make it imperative that no new group of war millionaires shall…”

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Also, our present emergency and a common sense of decency make it imperative that no new group of war millionaires shall come into being in this nation as a result of the struggles abroad.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt warns against the emergence of new war profiteers during the conflict.

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