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On the recordDecember 29, 1930
These uncertainties and delays over nearly 10 years have seriously retarded development of the railways and have prevented a desirable growth in many directions, and have diminished their ability to compete with other forms of transportation.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on Railroad Consolidation.

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