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On the recordOctober 6, 1931
The prolongation of the depression by the succession of events in Europe, affecting as they have both commodity and security prices, has produced in some localities in the United States an apprehension wholly unjustified in view of the thousandfold resources we have for meeting any demand.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on Financial and Economic Problems.

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