FDR: “We cannot afford to lose valuable time in haphazard public policies…”

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We cannot afford to lose valuable time in haphazard public policies which cannot find a place in the broad outlines of these major purposes.

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Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt warns against ineffective public policies that do not align with major security objectives.

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