FDR: “We must act while there is yet time if we would preserve for ourselves…”

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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Democratic · New York

Source

Message to Congress on National Planning and Development of Natural Resources

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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…”