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FDR: “We cannot be satisfied with the state of this Nation if a large percentage of our children are not being given the…”

On the recordOctober 3, 1944
We cannot be satisfied with the state of this Nation if a large percentage of our children are not being given the opportunity to achieve good health as well as good education.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Remarks to the Conference on Rural Education

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