FDR: “for the greatest benefit of its citizens both present and future, and…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 1944

for the greatest benefit of its citizens both present and future, and for the greatest benefit to the United States.

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Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on the Missouri River Development Plan

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FDR: “for the greatest benefit of its citizens both present and future, and for the greatest benefit to the United States.”