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On the recordJanuary 16, 1935
These recommendations represent our best judgment as to the steps which ought to be taken immediately toward the realization of what you termed in your recent message to the Congress 'the ambition of the individual to obtain for him and his a proper security, a reasonable leisure, and a decent living throughout life.'
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Democratic · New York

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Letter from the President's Committee on Economic Security Transmitted to Congress with the Foregoing Message.

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