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FDR: It is necessary for national defense purposes that there be constructed and completed a pipe line system for the…

On the recordAugust 22, 1941
It is necessary for national defense purposes that there be constructed and completed a pipe line system for the transportation and distribution of petroleum and petroleum products moving in interstate commerce.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Proclamation 2505—National Defense Pipe Line—Plantation Pipe Line System

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