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On the recordJanuary 16, 1935
It is overwhelmingly important to avoid any danger of permanently discrediting the sound and necessary policy of Federal legislation for economic security by attempting to apply it on too ambitious a scale before actual experience has provided guidance for the permanently safe direction of such efforts.
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Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Social Security

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