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FDR: We have machinery—now that is terribly important—fairly new machinery—we have been at war ninety days, and yet this…

On the recordMarch 16, 1942
We have machinery—now that is terribly important—fairly new machinery—we have been at war ninety days, and yet this present Labor Board was set up around January some time.
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Democratic · New York

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