During the depression we have substantially increased the facilities and developed the resources of our country for the common welfare through public works and work relief programs.
FDR: “During the depression we have substantially increased the facilities and developed the resources of our country for the…”
On the recordFebruary 2, 1937
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Message to Congress Transmitting the National Resource Committee's Six-Year Program of Public Works
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