Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Loans may be made by the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, the purchase of farm lands and necessary equipment by farmers, farm tenants, croppers, farm laborers, or stockmen.

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Executive Order 7554—Amendment of Section 1 of Executive Order No. 7180 of September 6, 1935, Prescribing Rules and...

02/16/1937

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