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FDR: We would not have our highways today, this wonderful system of state roads, for example, if it were not done under the…

On the recordJuly 4, 1937
We would not have our highways today, this wonderful system of state roads, for example, if it were not done under the direction and supervision of state government rather than local government as formerly.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Remarks at Mt. Marion, N.Y.

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