FDR: “The federal government now is engaged in the west in its greatest…”

On the recordSeptember 22, 1937

The federal government now is engaged in the west in its greatest program of construction of irrigation works.

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Democratic · New York

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Greeting to the National Reclamation Association Convention

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FDR: “The federal government now is engaged in the west in its greatest program of construction of irrigation works.”