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Herbert Hoover: “The subject is an old one and now that economy absolutely must be the first order in government it is an appropriate…”

On the recordDecember 28, 1931
The subject is an old one and now that economy absolutely must be the first order in government it is an appropriate time for Congress to take up the question and bring it to conclusion.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on Economy in Government.

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