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Herbert Hoover: “I am appointing a nation-wide committee to sponsor the American Red Cross effort to raise ten millions of dollars for…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 1931
I am appointing a nation-wide committee to sponsor the American Red Cross effort to raise ten millions of dollars for the relief of the sufferers in the drought-stricken areas.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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White House Statement on the Formation of a Committee of Leading Citizens To Aid the Red Cross Drought Relief Campaign.

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