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FDR: “I consider such proposed legislation a fraud on the soldiers and sailors and marines now training and fighting for us…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 1944
I consider such proposed legislation a fraud on the soldiers and sailors and marines now training and fighting for us and for our sacred rights.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Voting by Members of the Armed Forces

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