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Herbert Hoover: Such questions as electrification, the linking up of different railroads, the development of larger terminals, and many…

On the recordDecember 29, 1930
Such questions as electrification, the linking up of different railroads, the development of larger terminals, and many offer major improvements have been retarded because of uncertainty with respect to the position which different roads would occupy in the permanent grouping.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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The President's News Conference

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