Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 12, 1931
There must be a very material increase in the resources of the American Red Cross to enable it to bear the burden which it has undertaken in the drought area and smaller communities over twenty-one states during this winter.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Message to the Nation Urging Support for the Drought Relief Campaign of the American National Red Cross.

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