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Message from Senator Daniel Hastings to President Herbert Hoover

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This message from Senator Daniel Hastings, dictated over the phone to Herbert Hoover, conveys the Senate resolution that emergency relief should be left to the states and local communities, and that the Federal government should assist by increasing Federal public improvements.

  • Part of Herbert Hoover Papers, President's Subject Files

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THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON 12:22 PM 12-13-30 SENATOR HASTINGS dictated the attached, over 'phone Asks that you call him upon your return. RESOLVED, That it is the sense of the Senate of the United States that the relief of human suffering in this emergency should be left largely to the various states and local commun- ities where the suffering exists, and that the Federal government should assist in this matter by advancing as rapidly as possible concentrated work on all kinds of Federal public improvements.