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FDR: I recommend to the Congress the enactment of an excise tax at the rate of not less than .75 cent per pound of sugar, raw…

On the recordFebruary 28, 1937
I recommend to the Congress the enactment of an excise tax at the rate of not less than .75 cent per pound of sugar, raw value.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on a Sugar Quota System

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