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FDR: It is, in short, a law that will take care of human needs and at the same time provide for the United States an economic…

On the recordAugust 13, 1935
It is, in short, a law that will take care of human needs and at the same time provide for the United States an economic structure of vastly greater soundness.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Statement on Signing the Social Security Act

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