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FDR: Today the major fight of medicine and science is being directed against two other scourges, the toll of which is…

On the recordJanuary 28, 1938
Today the major fight of medicine and science is being directed against two other scourges, the toll of which is unthinkably great—cancer and infantile paralysis.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Radio Address for the Fifth Birthday Ball for Crippled Children

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