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FDR: Enlightened business is learning that competition ought not to cause bad social consequences which inevitably react upon…

On the recordMay 23, 1937
Enlightened business is learning that competition ought not to cause bad social consequences which inevitably react upon the profits of business itself.
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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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