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Herbert Hoover: It is a sad thing for our Government to set standards of subterfuge to our people.

On the recordJune 23, 1930
It is a sad thing for our Government to set standards of subterfuge to our people.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Statement on the World War Veterans' Bill.

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