FDR: “The pay envelope of tens of millions of our citizens will not…”

On the recordJune 27, 1943

The pay envelope of tens of millions of our citizens will not compensate them for great increases in their food bills.

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Democratic · New York

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Letter on the Resignation of Chester C. Davis

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FDR: “The pay envelope of tens of millions of our citizens will not compensate them for great increases in their food bills.”