FDR: “We are doing that now, and we have a much politer term for it. We call…”

On the recordOctober 9, 1941

We are doing that now, and we have a much politer term for it. We call it 'liquidating.'

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FDR: “We are doing that now, and we have a much politer term for it. We call it 'liquidating.'”