On the recordApril 27, 1934
The continuance of autocratic rule, by a Federal Department, over the lives of more than two hundred thousand citizens of this Nation is incompatible with American ideals of liberty.
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presidency.ucsb.eduFDR: “The continuance of autocratic rule, by a Federal Department, over the lives of more than two hundred thousand citizens…”
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