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Herbert Hoover: “We have a right to look to our universities for the training of leadership and I sincerely hope that the School of…”

On the recordFebruary 21, 1930
We have a right to look to our universities for the training of leadership and I sincerely hope that the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton, reared as it is upon the historic background of a University which has played a vital part in the Nation's service, will fulfill the high hopes of its founders and make a definite contribution to the public life of the Nation.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message on the Establishment of a School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University

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