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FDR: No sensible person would advocate an attempt to prevent the normal exchange of commodities between other continents and…

On the recordJuly 21, 1940
No sensible person would advocate an attempt to prevent the normal exchange of commodities between other continents and the Americas.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Assistance for Other American Republics in Marketing Surplus Products

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