President Herbert Hoover stated that no special session of Congress was needed to address unemployment.
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President Herbert Hoover stated that no special session of Congress was needed to address unemployment.
This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2015 Summer Workshop at the Hoover Library.
This primary source comes from the Collection HH-HOOVH: Herbert Hoover Papers.
National Archives Identifier: 26465638
Full Citation: Herbert Hoover’s Response to a Question by the Press; 10/24/1930; Unemployment-PECE- Correspondence, October 1-25, 1930; President’s Subject Files, 1929 – 1935; Collection HH-HOOVH: Herbert Hoover Papers,; Herbert Hoover Library, West Branch, IA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/herbert-hoovers-response-question-press/, April 6, 2026]
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