The President's News Conference
09/21/1931
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Our Army, including the National Guard and all other reserves, has already been reduced much below the European standard...
But beyond platforms and measures there lies that sacred realm of ideals of hopes and aspirations, those things of the s...
This order shall be effective from July 1, 1932.
This reduction should be carried out not only by broad general cuts in armaments but by increasing the comparative power...