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FDR: This means that when rate schedules are reduced to the measure provided by the public yardsticks being set up under the…

On the recordNovember 11, 1934
This means that when rate schedules are reduced to the measure provided by the public yardsticks being set up under the national power program, a majority of homes should get more than 100 kilowatt hours for the monthly bills under which they now get only 50 kilowatt hours.
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Democratic · New York

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White House Statement on Distribution of Electricity by the New York Power Authority

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