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Herbert Hoover: “I would like very much if the American Child Health Association could send down a staff of competent people, prepared to…”

On the recordJune 23, 1930
I would like very much if the American Child Health Association could send down a staff of competent people, prepared to examine the whole situation in Porto Rico from a health, a nutritional, and a social point of view so far as it affects children.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Letter to Dr. S. J. Crumbine on Health Conditions in Porto Rico.

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