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On the recordJanuary 15, 1931
The conclusions of that Conference, so far as they propose immediately practical measures in behalf of childhood, depend for their application chiefly upon the States and the local communities.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Letter to Governor Harry G. Leslie About the Indiana Conference on Child Health and Protection.

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