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On the recordFebruary 8, 1934
Such speculation has run the scale from the individual who has risked his pay envelope or his meager savings on a margin transaction involving stocks with whose true value he was wholly unfamiliar, to the pool of individuals or corporations with large resources.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress Recommending a Securities Exchange Commission

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