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FDR: A favorable and intelligent public opinion...can be more effective in securing proper and effective administration of…

On the recordSeptember 20, 1940
A favorable and intelligent public opinion...can be more effective in securing proper and effective administration of the law than the penalties written into the statute.
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Democratic · New York

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