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FDR: Failure to observe them must be regarded as socially and economically oppressive and unwarranted under almost any…

On the recordMay 23, 1937
Failure to observe them must be regarded as socially and economically oppressive and unwarranted under almost any circumstance.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Establishing Minimum Wages and Maximum Hours

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