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FDR: “...you fellows… would not be, most of you, any good whatsoever, because you do not know any of these technical trades…”

On the recordAugust 22, 1940
...you fellows… would not be, most of you, any good whatsoever, because you do not know any of these technical trades; besides which, you would, nearly all of you, be soft.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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