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FDR: “All of this has been caused in large part by a complete lack of planning and a complete failure to understand the danger…”

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All of this has been caused in large part by a complete lack of planning and a complete failure to understand the danger signals that have been flying ever since the close of the World War.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt attributes economic issues to a lack of planning following World War I.

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