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FDR: “I hereby approve and proclaim an increase in the rate of duty expressly fixed on crab meat.”

On the recordAugust 21, 1941
I hereby approve and proclaim an increase in the rate of duty expressly fixed on crab meat.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Proclamation 2504—Increasing Rate of Duty on Crab Meat

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