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FDR: Modern defense requires that this determination be supported by the highly developed machinery of our industrial…

On the recordMay 30, 1940
Modern defense requires that this determination be supported by the highly developed machinery of our industrial productive capacity.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Appropriations for National Defense

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