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FDR: The time has now come when the successful prosecution of the war requires that we call to the colors the men of eighteen…

On the recordNovember 12, 1942
The time has now come when the successful prosecution of the war requires that we call to the colors the men of eighteen and nineteen.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Statement on Signing the Bill Reducing the Draft Age

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