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FDR: This waste could be curtailed to the advantage of the individual motorist, and likewise to the advantage of the country…

On the recordMarch 13, 1942
This waste could be curtailed to the advantage of the individual motorist, and likewise to the advantage of the country, if the speed of all motor vehicles were limited to a maximum of forty miles per hour.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Appeal to Governors to Conserve Rubber by Reducing Speed Limits

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