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On the recordMarch 23, 1932
The addition of this vessel and the three sister ships which will follow her into the carrying trade between the United States and Central and South America is an augury of closer communication and intercourse with our neighbors to the south.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message on the Launching of the SS Santa Rosa.

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