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FDR: I find it impossible to subscribe, therefore, to the proposal that has been embodied in this Joint Resolution.

On the recordAugust 2, 1937
I find it impossible to subscribe, therefore, to the proposal that has been embodied in this Joint Resolution.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Veto of a Joint Resolution on Water Resources.

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