Papers, 1932-1944.

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Papers, 1932-1944.

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Correspondence, drafts of speeches, press conferences, radio forums, and articles concerning the Governors Conference on Unemployment, 1931, labor's participation in the National Defense Program, 1940-1942, and other aspects of her career, including a report prepared in 1943 summarizing her first ten years as Secretary of Labor.

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