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On the recordMay 2, 1930
The plan in the present bill presents an additional objection in that the export subsidies proposed vary with different agricultural products and thus are widely different to different farmers.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Letter to the House Majority Leader on the Export Debenture Plan of Farm Relief.

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