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Herbert Hoover: “Our plans necessitate an expenditure of about $5 million, and will comprise some additions and revisions of the old…”

On the recordAugust 5, 1929
Our plans necessitate an expenditure of about $5 million, and will comprise some additions and revisions of the old prisons, and probably a new prison somewhere in the Northeastern States.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on Plans for Federal Prison Reform.

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