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

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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FDR
Democratic · New York

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

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