Our national concern for the handicapped and the infirm is one of our national characteristics.
FDR: “Our national concern for the handicapped and the infirm is one of our national characteristics.”
On the recordJanuary 29, 1945
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Appeal for Support of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
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