Herbert Hoover: “The back of the depression cannot be broken by any single Government…”

On the recordMay 22, 1932

The back of the depression cannot be broken by any single Government undertaking.

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Republican · California

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Letter to the President of the American Society of Civil Engineers on the Economic Recovery Program.

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

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I earnestly hope that this may be done.

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Herbert Hoover: “The back of the depression cannot be broken by any single Government undertaking.”