FDR: “The South presents right now the nation's No. 1 economic problem-the…”

On the recordJuly 3, 1938

The South presents right now the nation's No. 1 economic problem-the nation's problem, not merely the South's.

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Democratic · New York

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Message to the Conference on Economic Conditions of the South

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FDR: “The South presents right now the nation's No. 1 economic problem-the nation's problem, not merely the South's.”