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On the recordMay 14, 1934
This exemption is intended to relieve small business enterprises in small towns from fixed obligations which might impose exceptional hardship; but all such enterprises are expected to conform to the fullest extent possible with the requirements which otherwise would be obligatory upon them.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 6710—Amendment of Executive Order No. 6354 of October 23, 1933, Prescribing Rules and Regulations Under the National Industrial Recovery Act

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