Herbert Hoover actually said...

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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Statement on Oil Imports and Production

03/12/1931

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