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Dirksen initially supported some [[New Deal]] programs,<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/><ref name=encyclopedia.com/> including the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]], [[Social Security]], the [[Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933]]<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/73-1/h7 TO PASS H.R. 3835 (P.L. 10) TO RELIEVE THE EXISTING NATIONAL ECONOMIC EMERGENCY BY INCREASING AGRICULTURAL PURCHASING POWER, TO RAISE REVENUE FOR EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES INCURRED BY REASON OF SUCH EMERGENCY, TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF WITH RESPECT TO AGRICULTURAL INDEBTEDNESS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORDERLY LIQUIDATION OF JOINT-STOCK LAND, BANKS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref> as well as the [[National Industrial Recovery Act]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/73-1/h44 TO PASS H.R. 5755.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref> However, he later increasingly broke from President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] when recognizing that the initiatives fell short on the goal of economic recovery, asserting:

Dirksen initially supported some [[New Deal]] programs,<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/><ref name=encyclopedia.com/> including the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]], [[Social Security]], the [[Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933]]<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/73-1/h7 TO PASS H.R. 3835 (P.L. 10) TO RELIEVE THE EXISTING NATIONAL ECONOMIC EMERGENCY BY INCREASING AGRICULTURAL PURCHASING POWER, TO RAISE REVENUE FOR EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES INCURRED BY REASON OF SUCH EMERGENCY, TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF WITH RESPECT TO AGRICULTURAL INDEBTEDNESS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORDERLY LIQUIDATION OF JOINT-STOCK LAND, BANKS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref> as well as the [[National Industrial Recovery Act]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/73-1/h44 TO PASS H.R. 5755.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref> However, he later increasingly broke from President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] when recognizing that the initiatives fell short on the goal of economic recovery, asserting:

{{cquote|Will the American system of living, which rests upon the morals of individualism, become the victim of a pious collectivism and will freedom be just a word or a way of life?}}

{{cquote|Will the American system of living, which rests upon the morals of individualism, become the victim of a pious collectivism and will freedom be just a word or a way of life?}}

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