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FDR: “I think common sense dictates that if a fellow is willing to make an agreement verbally, why shouldn't he put his name…”

On the recordJune 14, 1937
I think common sense dictates that if a fellow is willing to make an agreement verbally, why shouldn't he put his name to it?
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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