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FDR: I wish particularly to call to the attention of the Congress the Draft Convention (No. 51) concerning the reduction of…

On the recordJune 27, 1937
I wish particularly to call to the attention of the Congress the Draft Convention (No. 51) concerning the reduction of hours of work on public works.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress Submitting Conventions Adopted at the International Labor Conference of 1936.

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