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Herbert Hoover: “The situation clearly calls for most rigid economy and deferment of even otherwise justifiable expenditures by both the…”

On the recordApril 4, 1930
The situation clearly calls for most rigid economy and deferment of even otherwise justifiable expenditures by both the legislative and executive departments.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on Income Tax Revenues.

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