Address at University of Virginia
06/09/1940
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This year I recommend that such items be curtailed.
I do not propose eliminating Federal aid to highways, but I do ask that such aid be restored to approximately the pre-depression figures.
We hope that the calendar year 1938 will bring an improvement in business conditions and, therefore, in tax receipts.
It should be remembered that the laws provide that the departments and agencies shall carry out certain duties.