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I want to talk with you very simply about the need for present action in this crisis--the need to meet the unanswered challenge of one-third of a Nation ill-nourished, ill-clad, ill-housed.
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Roosevelt calls for immediate action to address the dire conditions faced by a significant portion of the population.
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