FDR: “I most strenuously object to the mandatory incurrence of obligations…”

On the recordNovember 26, 1937

I most strenuously object to the mandatory incurrence of obligations by the Federal Government.

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Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Highways and Roads

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FDR: “I most strenuously object to the mandatory incurrence of obligations by the Federal Government.”