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FDR: We ordinarily do not release production figures because they might give aid and comfort to the enemy.

On the recordJune 24, 1942
We ordinarily do not release production figures because they might give aid and comfort to the enemy.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Statement Announcing War Production Figures

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