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FDR: It is a privilege for this reason: During three months in the year 1920 I think I spent eighty-nine out of ninety-two…

On the recordApril 23, 1934
It is a privilege for this reason: During three months in the year 1920 I think I spent eighty-nine out of ninety-two days on a sleeping car.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Remarks at the Subsistence Homes Exhibition

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