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FDR: “I do have satisfaction on this birthday of mine because of the fact that definite progress has been made in these past…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 1941
I do have satisfaction on this birthday of mine because of the fact that definite progress has been made in these past twenty years on a national scale in the fight against infantile paralysis.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Radio Address for the Birthday Ball for Crippled Children

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