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Herbert Hoover: It is folly for the world to go on breaking its back over military expenditure, and the United States is willing to take…

On the recordJune 21, 1932
It is folly for the world to go on breaking its back over military expenditure, and the United States is willing to take its share of responsibility by making definite proposals that will relieve the world.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on Instructions to the United States Delegation to the General Disarmament Conference

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