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FDR: When one-third of the nation hasn't got any buying power, it ought to be to the interest of every business man to try to…

On the recordJune 14, 1937
When one-third of the nation hasn't got any buying power, it ought to be to the interest of every business man to try to help that one-third of the country to get buying power.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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