02/09/1931
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"The Department of Commerce informs me that the totals expended or contracted for in new public works and betterments by National, State and local governments, in these last 6 months have not been less..."
"PLEASE EXTEND my cordial greetings to the Kiwanis International Convention and my hope that the Kiwanis movement everywhere may continue to advance those high ideals of public helpfulness and service ..."
"In all previous depressions, the volume of public works has diminished because the State and municipal governments, feeling the effects of such depression in taxes, in problems of finance, and in the ..."
"It takes time to plan public works, to legislate, to finance them, to assemble materials, to enter contracts so that the second half of the year promises even greater results--particularly is this tru..."