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Herbert Hoover: “He has been urged I think by every farm organization in the United States to continue as Chairman of the Farm Board, and…”

On the recordMarch 5, 1931
He has been urged I think by every farm organization in the United States to continue as Chairman of the Farm Board, and I have urged him with all the pressures that I could bring to bear, but he feels obligations elsewhere.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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