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On the recordMay 28, 1931
In these times, when a large number of segments of our population are seeking relief, that was indeed the greatest and most considerate relief ever extended to the President of the United States.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Address to the Union League of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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