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Herbert Hoover: He does not believe that any such discourtesy seriously endangers the Republic and that a night in jail is only doing…

On the recordDecember 13, 1929
He does not believe that any such discourtesy seriously endangers the Republic and that a night in jail is only doing them a favor of cheap martyrdom.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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White House Statement on a Communist Demonstration

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