The President's News Conference
06/12/1930
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The reductions must be real and positive.
It is folly for the world to go on breaking its back over military expenditure, and the United States is willing to take...
I propose that the treaty number and tonnage of battleships shall be reduced by one-third.
I am deeply grieved to learn of the death of your husband, who was my good friend and distinguished predecessor in the D...