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Herbert Hoover: We know that such ideas are anathema to the American mind, and no man could be elected a county commissioner on such a…

On the recordApril 25, 1930
We know that such ideas are anathema to the American mind, and no man could be elected a county commissioner on such a platform.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Address to the Gridiron Club.

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