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Herbert Hoover: Now, if you combine all of those into the calendar year 1932 as to what the total, direct and indirect, construction…

On the recordFebruary 4, 1931
Now, if you combine all of those into the calendar year 1932 as to what the total, direct and indirect, construction expenditures will amount to--somewhere from $750 million to $775 million.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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The President's News Conference

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