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.

Context

Statement on Oil Imports and Production

03/12/1931

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