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FDR: Through the Boards, former occupied countries are being helped to start up their manufacturing because we want to ease…

On the recordJanuary 18, 1945
Through the Boards, former occupied countries are being helped to start up their manufacturing because we want to ease shortages of plants and manpower here, in Britain, and in Canada.
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Democratic · New York

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Statement on the Retention of Boards Until the End of the War

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