Press Conference
05/22/1941
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The agricultural ladder, on which an energetic young man might ascend from hired man to tenant to independent owner, is no longer serving it...
A nationwide program under federal leadership and with the assistance of states, counties, communities and individuals is the only solution.
The American dream of the family-size farm, owned by the family which operates it, has become more and more remote.
We can no longer postpone action.