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FDR: During the depression we have substantially increased the facilities and developed the resources of our country for the…

On the recordFebruary 2, 1937
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.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress Transmitting the National Resource Committee's Six-Year Program of Public Works

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