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FDR: The water-power resources of the nation must be protected from private monopoly and used for the benefit of the people.

On the recordJune 2, 1937
The water-power resources of the nation must be protected from private monopoly and used for the benefit of the people.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on National Planning and Development of Natural Resources

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