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FDR: “Just as the Exchange then was able to render an important service to the public and to the Nation, so today it has the…”

On the recordMay 14, 1942
Just as the Exchange then was able to render an important service to the public and to the Nation, so today it has the opportunity of performing valued services in the present struggle for human freedom.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Letter on the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the New York Stock Exchange.

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