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FDR: Increased incomes and greater opportunities for employment of wage earners have so raised purchasing power that farmers…

On the recordSeptember 29, 1937
Increased incomes and greater opportunities for employment of wage earners have so raised purchasing power that farmers, merchants, manufacturers and investors all have shared in the benefits.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Greeting to the American Federation of Labor Convention

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