Word: horseneck
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Louis McHenry Howe, President Roosevelt's No. 1 secretary, invited the selectmen of the rambling town of Westport, Mass., to his summer cottage at Horseneck Beach. There Vacationist Howe told them that the President might select Westport for an experiment in repopulating abandoned New England farms with destitute farmers from other parts of the country. The selectmen were interested but not excited. "The idea has its faults and its advantages," observed the chairman tersely...
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