Excerpts of the President's News Conference
02/07/1929
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I had hoped, as I think I have already indicated, that it would be possible for the experts conference on reparations no...
On and after October 1, 1926, only those embassies and legations and other diplomatic missions of the United States spec...
That didn't seem to be practical to me.
Heroic effort was needed to substitute national loyalty for department and bureau loyalty.