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Roosevelt Addresses Congress – March 4, 1939

– President Roosevelt Address to Congress – March 4, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – For those of you who may have forgotten, today is the birthday of the founding of Congress. And 76 years ago this day, President Roosevelt addressed Congress in observance of its 150th birthday: President

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FDR Signs Social Security – August 14, 1935

Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Roosevelt signs The Social Security Act of 1935 – August 14, 1935 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Since it’s been a bone of contention and the target of avid attempts at dismantling it, here’s a reminder of what all the

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Social Security Turns 77 – August 14, 1935

Click on the link here for audio player: FDR Signs Social Security Act – Aug. 14, 1935 Today marks the seventy-seventh birthday of The Social Security Act. FDR: “The civilization of the past hundred years, with its startling industrial changes, has tended more and more to make life insecure. Young

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