FDR: “If we do not keep constantly ahead of our enemies in the development…”

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If we do not keep constantly ahead of our enemies in the development of new weapons, we pay for our backwardness with the life's blood of our sons.

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Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt warns that failing to innovate in weaponry can lead to devastating consequences for soldiers.

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