FDR: “There is neither logic nor necessity for one-third of our population…”

On the recordNovember 13, 1937

There is neither logic nor necessity for one-third of our population to have less of the needs of modern life than make for decent living.

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Democratic · New York

Source

Radio Address on Cooperation with the Unemployment Census

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