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FDR: “Disunity at home--bickerings, self-seeking partisanship, stoppages of work, inflation, business as usual, politics as…”

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Disunity at home--bickerings, self-seeking partisanship, stoppages of work, inflation, business as usual, politics as usual, luxury as usual these are the influences which can undermine the morale of the brave men ready to die at the front for us here.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt warns that internal conflicts and complacency can weaken the war effort and morale at home.

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