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On the recordJanuary 9, 1934
It is, I believe, a historic fact that every great improvement directed to better commercial communications... have all been subjected to opposition on the part of local interests.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to the Senate Requesting Ratification of the St. Lawrence Treaty with Canada

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