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On the recordJuly 13, 1931
THE PRESIDENT suggested in his message to Congress on Muscle Shoals that the States of Alabama and Tennessee, being primarily concerned, should appoint representatives, together with representatives from agriculture and the War Department, to determine a method for handling the Muscle Shoals plants.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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White House Statement on the Appointment of Members to the Muscle Shoals Commission.

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