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Herbert Hoover: “The ownership of homes, the improvement of residential conditions to our people, is the first anchor in social stability…”

On the recordApril 30, 1930
The ownership of homes, the improvement of residential conditions to our people, is the first anchor in social stability and social progress.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Address to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.

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