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On the recordDecember 13, 1929
THE PRESIDENT considers that the misjudged youths calling themselves Communists who have been arrested for demonstrating in front of the Executive offices should be released and sent to their parents.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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White House Statement on a Communist Demonstration

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