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Roosevelt faces mounting political strains over relief program
The piece outlines rising friction around the $5,000,000,000 relief fund and patronage in Roosevelt's administration. It highlights governors’ conference at Biloxi signaling state backlash against federal encroachment, internal policy clashes between Hopkins and Ickes on pump priming versus sustained public works, and concerns over political patronage affecting Roosevelts standing with Democrats and Republicans ahead of the next election.
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