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On the recordJune 29, 1930
To definitely organize so as to prevent the activity in public works from receding like other activities in depression, and to speed them up in anticipation of future needs so as to alleviate unemployment in such a time is a new experiment in our economic life of the first importance.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Address to the Governors' Conference.

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