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FDR: If we are to avail ourselves fully of the benefits of civil aviation, and if we are to use the automobiles we can…

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If we are to avail ourselves fully of the benefits of civil aviation, and if we are to use the automobiles we can produce, it will be necessary to construct thousands of airports and to overhaul our entire national highway system.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt stresses the need for extensive infrastructure improvements to support modern transportation.

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