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 than $1,700 million and that this exceeds even the boom year of 1929 by over $200 million, and the organized effort to which you have contributed so much in creation will, I am confident, go still further in its accomplishments.
Herbert Hoover: “The Department of Commerce informs me that the totals expended or contracted for in new public works and betterments by…”
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Address to the Governors' Conference.
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