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FDR: Civil aviation is clearly recognized as the backlog of national defense in the Civil Aeronautics Act.

On the recordJanuary 23, 1939
Civil aviation is clearly recognized as the backlog of national defense in the Civil Aeronautics Act.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Letter to the National Aviation Forum

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