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Herbert Hoover: “The Federal Government can help with information and research, and toward the creation of administrative agencies and…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 1931
The Federal Government can help with information and research, and toward the creation of administrative agencies and the funds to assist in support of them, but they rest primarily with States and counties, cooperating often with private agencies and dealing with the problem at close range and in the light of local conditions.
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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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