FDR: “And this Nation must pay for all those who leave their essential…”

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And this Nation must pay for all those who leave their essential jobs--or all those who lay down on their essential jobs for nonessential reasons.

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Roosevelt asserts that the nation must bear the consequences of those who abandon their essential jobs.

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FDR: “And this Nation must pay for all those who leave their essential jobs--or all those who lay down on their essential jobs…”