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On the recordMarch 12, 1931
The Board considers that in the present situation a substantial reduction in imports can be brought about without distributing the price of oil to the consumer, the Atlantic Seaboard can be supplied from domestic storage.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on Oil Imports and Production

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