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On the recordDecember 22, 1931
In saving the collapse of Germany by the year's postponement the American people have done something greater than the dollars and cents gained from the maintenance of our agricultural markets, the prevention of panic and unlimited losses.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on Signing the Foreign Debt Moratorium Resolution.

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