Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Except perhaps for the Social Security Act, it is the most far-reaching and most far-sighted program for the benefit of workers ever adopted here or in any other country.

Context

Roosevelt praised the Fair Labor Standards Act as a significant worker benefit.

06/24/1938

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