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Herbert Hoover: “It is unthinkable that any of our people should be allowed to suffer from hunger or want.”

On the recordJanuary 21, 1931
It is unthinkable that any of our people should be allowed to suffer from hunger or want.
Said by
Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Radio Address on the Drought Relief Campaign of the American National Red Cross.

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