FDR: “The important thing is to clear the decks and to get on with the war…”

On the recordJuly 14, 1943

The important thing is to clear the decks and to get on with the war at once.

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Democratic · New York

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Letter to Henry A. Wallace and Jesse H. Jones on Economic Warfare

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FDR: “The important thing is to clear the decks and to get on with the war at once.”