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FDR: Once the public realizes that its newspaper serves no interest save that of truth it will give that paper an allegiance…

On the recordSeptember 1, 1938
Once the public realizes that its newspaper serves no interest save that of truth it will give that paper an allegiance that neither depression nor ill-fortune nor any form of hard times can weaken.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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