03/07/1940
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"I have on numerous occasions, as you know, expressed my sympathy in the establishment of a National Home for the Jews in Palestine."
"I hereby exempt the said Francis T. Leahy from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending October 31, 1939."
"The need is just as great as before because Government help was intended and is intended to improve the old conditions."
"Hardly had the hurricane subsided when all the forces of government, assisting and cooperating with private agencies, were rushed to the aid of the injured, the sick and the homeless."