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FDR: I believe also the time has come for the Congress to enact legislation aimed at the prevention of profiteering in time…

On the recordJanuary 27, 1938
I believe also the time has come for the Congress to enact legislation aimed at the prevention of profiteering in time of war and the equalization of the burdens of possible war.
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Democratic · New York

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