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On the recordJune 21, 1932
Our Army, including the National Guard and all other reserves, has already been reduced much below the European standard 'police component.'
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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White House Statement on Instructions to the United States Delegation to the General Disarmament Conference.

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