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On the recordOctober 20, 1929
I have thought it a fitting thing, as the Governor has said, for the President of the United States to take part in paying honor to one of our great Americans, Thomas A. Edison.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks During a Motor Tour of Detroit, Michigan.

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