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On the recordMarch 26, 1933
The Congress hereby declares that a serious emergency exists by reason of the general economic depression.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 6084—Reorganizing Agricultural Credit Agencies of the United States

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