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FDR: We must act while there is yet time if we would preserve for ourselves and our posterity the natural sources of a virile…

On the recordJune 2, 1937
We must act while there is yet time if we would preserve for ourselves and our posterity the natural sources of a virile national life.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on National Planning and Development of Natural Resources

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