On this date in White House History, October 31, 1940

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October 31, 1940

President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the National Institute of Health. He says, "Nowhere in the world except in the Americas is it possible for any nation to devote a great sector of its effort to life conservation rather than to life destruction."