FDR: “We have promised that the men, women and children of America who are…”

On the recordJanuary 10, 1937

We have promised that the men, women and children of America who are destitute through no fault of their own shall not be neglected.

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Democratic · New York

Source

Letter on Appropriations for the W.P.A.

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