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On the recordFebruary 4, 1931
That is not in the nature of compromise, because it all implies the abandonment of all charitable appropriations of all kinds and cutting out one of the primary difficulties which has arisen in the drought territory, and that is the lack of credit for people who have security but who are unable under the present circumstances to finance themselves.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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The President's News Conference

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No such suggestion has ever been made by any American official.

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