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FDR: Their opportunity for constructive service is as great today as when Grover Cleveland named the first Interstate…

On the recordFebruary 28, 1937
Their opportunity for constructive service is as great today as when Grover Cleveland named the first Interstate Commerce Commission in the spring of 1887.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Letter on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Interstate Commerce Commission

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