Herbert Hoover said "I suppose we will spend $5 or $600,000 here in that direction." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 25, 1931

I suppose we will spend $5 or $600,000 here in that direction.

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Republican · California

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The President's News Conference

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