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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 [Acknowledging America's debt to Italy for help in World War I]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04569 Author/Creator: Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 Place Written: s.l. Type: Typed document signed Date: 1918/05/09 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 26.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

On the third anniversary of Italy's entrance into World War I, Hoover, who was then the U.S. Food Administrator under President Wilson, acknowledges "our indebtedness to the country to which we are bound, not only by ties historical, but also by the common ideals which now unite us."

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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