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Herbert Hoover: “It may delay the construction work for a month or two, but it is believed by the Navy that it makes a more perfect ship.”

On the recordMay 1, 1930
It may delay the construction work for a month or two, but it is believed by the Navy that it makes a more perfect ship.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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