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On the recordJanuary 18, 1945
The Combined Food Board has proved to be a most useful mechanism for assuring an efficient and reasonably equitable distribution of vital food resources among the various United Nations.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Statement on the Retention of Boards Until the End of the War

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