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On the recordMarch 11, 1935
It is time to make an effort to reverse that process of the concentration of power which has made most American citizens... helplessly dependent for their daily bread upon the favor of a very few.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress Recommending Regulation of Public Utility Holding Companies

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