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On the recordMarch 7, 1931
I have given earnest study to the so-called Wagner bill for improvement of public employment agencies, in an effort to find a method to make it of use in the present employment situation.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on the Disapproval of a Bill To Provide for the Establishment of a National Employment System

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