Herbert Hoover actually said...

The recommendations which have been made by the technical committees organized by the Department of Commerce constitute, I am advised, a substantial basis for proposals by the United States at the forthcoming conference.

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Message to the United States Delegation to an International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea.

03/26/1929

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