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Herbert Hoover: Economic depression can not be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement.

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Economic depression can not be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Hoover argues that legislative or executive actions alone cannot resolve economic depression.

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