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Herbert Hoover: The Nation as a whole is vitally interested in the health of all the people; in protection from spread of contagious…

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The Nation as a whole is vitally interested in the health of all the people; in protection from spread of contagious disease; in the relation of physical and mental disabilities to criminality; and in the economic and moral advancement which is fundamentally associated with sound body and mind.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Hoover stresses the nation's collective interest in public health and its broader implications for society.

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