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On the recordApril 15, 1929
In determining changes in our tariff we must not fail to take into account the broad interests of the country as a whole, and such interests include our trade relations with other countries.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message to the Special Session of the Congress on Farm Relief, Tariff, antedating Emergency Legislation.

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