One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for su…

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One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'. ✨ Second World War (1948) vol. 1, p. viii
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One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'. ✨ Second World War (1948) vol. 1, p. viii

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