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FDR: I think probably the Federal Government would have the right in a future emergency to use the old 'right of eminent…

On the recordApril 7, 1941
I think probably the Federal Government would have the right in a future emergency to use the old 'right of eminent domain' against some foreign ship.
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Democratic · New York

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