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Herbert Hoover: “While suffering within the areas affected is acute, the extent of the drought and damage is comparatively minor to that…”

On the recordJuly 30, 1931
While suffering within the areas affected is acute, the extent of the drought and damage is comparatively minor to that which we confronted and surmounted last year.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Statement About Agricultural Relief for Drought and Grasshopper Infestations in Western Farmlands.

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