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Herbert Hoover: It is not proposed to pay the debentures of subsidies to the farmers, but to the export merchants, and it seems certain…

On the recordApril 21, 1929
It is not proposed to pay the debentures of subsidies to the farmers, but to the export merchants, and it seems certain that a large part of it would not be reflected back to the farmer.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Letter to Senator Charles L. McNary on the Export Debenture Plan of Farm Relief.

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