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Herbert Hoover: “It is distinctly worthwhile to remind the public not only that many great industrial enterprises are based upon the…”

On the recordApril 8, 1931
It is distinctly worthwhile to remind the public not only that many great industrial enterprises are based upon the technical and mechanical requirements of the Army and Navy but also that many inventions and new processes of the greatest value to mankind are the outgrowth of researches undertaken in behalf of these national establishments
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message to a Dinner of the American Institute.

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