FDR: “A free press is essential to us as a people and to the maintenance of…”

On the recordNovember 1, 1938

A free press is essential to us as a people and to the maintenance of our form of government.

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Democratic · New York

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Letter of Congratulations to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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FDR: “A free press is essential to us as a people and to the maintenance of our form of government.”