FDR: “Therefore, I say to all miners--and to all Americans everywhere, at…”

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Therefore, I say to all miners--and to all Americans everywhere, at home and abroad--the production of coal will not be stopped.

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Roosevelt firmly states that coal production must continue without interruption for the sake of the war effort.

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