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On the recordJune 19, 1931
But as the basis of the settlement of these debts was the capacity under normal conditions of the debtor to pay, we should be consistent with our own policies and principles if we take into account the abnormal situation now existing in the world.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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