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FDR: New York was the first State in the Union definitely to accept the responsibility of seeing to it that so far as the…

On the recordOctober 16, 1936
New York was the first State in the Union definitely to accept the responsibility of seeing to it that so far as the State's resources could prevent it, none of its citizens who wished to work should starve.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Address at the Dedication of the Federal Building, Buffalo, N.Y.

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