The President's News Conference
07/13/1931
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I feel very proud of that tribute, and I appreciate very much the attitude of the press about it.
No such suggestion has ever been made by any American official.
The campaign will be conducted and managed entirely by Chairman Sanders and the Republican organization.
Our Army, including the National Guard and all other reserves, has already been reduced much below the European standard...