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FDR: As for food, which today accounts for about another third of the family expenditure on the average, I want to repeat…

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As for food, which today accounts for about another third of the family expenditure on the average, I want to repeat again: your government will continue to take all necessary measures to eliminate unjustified and avoidable price increases.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt highlights the government's ongoing efforts to prevent unjustified price hikes in food during wartime.

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