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Herbert Hoover: “And its ideals are clear: that by cooperation and not by compulsion it should seek to assist in maintaining and giving…”

On the recordJune 9, 1929
And its ideals are clear: that by cooperation and not by compulsion it should seek to assist in maintaining and giving the impulse of progress to commerce and industry in a nation whose successful economic life underlies advancement in every other field.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California
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presidency.ucsb.edu

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Upon Laying the Cornerstone of the New Department of Commerce Building.

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