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Herbert Hoover: I said that in these times of extra and heavy burdens, that I should defer that date in order that I might be prepared…

On the recordMay 28, 1931
I said that in these times of extra and heavy burdens, that I should defer that date in order that I might be prepared, under easier circumstances perhaps, to discuss public questions as my predecessors have done.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Address to the Union League of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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