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Herbert Hoover: We have as a Nation a definite duty to see that no deserving person in our country suffers from hunger or cold.

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We have as a Nation a definite duty to see that no deserving person in our country suffers from hunger or cold.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Hoover asserts the nation's responsibility to prevent suffering from hunger and cold.

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