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Herbert Hoover: The Federal Government is spending now half a billion a year above normal to give employment.

On the recordJanuary 6, 1932
The Federal Government is spending now half a billion a year above normal to give employment.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Welcoming Representatives of Pennsylvania's Unemployed.

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