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