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FDR: “I earnestly hope that in each of our local communities men and women interested in the public welfare will give…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 1935
I earnestly hope that in each of our local communities men and women interested in the public welfare will give increasing thought and time to this great cooperative democratic method of providing recreation for all the people untrammeled by any motive except that of living fully and richly.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Letter on Recreational Facilities

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