FDR: “The social gains of recent years, including insurance and other…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 1940

The social gains of recent years, including insurance and other benefit rights, must be preserved unimpaired.

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Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Benefit Rights of Workers Called into Active Service

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FDR: “The social gains of recent years, including insurance and other benefit rights, must be preserved unimpaired.”