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FDR: “It must function when we have drought; it must also function when we have bumper crops.”

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It must function when we have drought; it must also function when we have bumper crops.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt stresses the need for agricultural policies to function effectively in both drought and bumper crop years.

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