12/27/1937
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"The hospitals are destined to grow in the important services they render communities."
"This country at last is emerging from the great economic depression which has engulfed the entire Nation for six years and some parts of our population for a much longer period."
"By the passage of the Vinson-Trammell Bill which authorizes the upbuilding of our Navy to the limits of existing treaties, our national legislation gave very definite expression of its purpose to incr..."
"It is imperative that we should heed the needs of national defense."