Letter on the California Political Campaign
10/30/1938
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We can do it—and we will do it.
I cannot so yield without placing on record my view that this provision is not only unwise and discriminatory, but unconstitutional.
They will be adequately fed and housed and their treatment will in all respects be fair and humane.
The great majority of evacuees are loyal to the democratic institutions of the United States.