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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 to Richard Edmonds

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02346.01 Author/Creator: Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Typed letter signed Date: 20 December 1929 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

Acknowledges to Edmonds, the founding editor of the Manufactures Record, that their unemployment was high but contends "it is fantastic for the Englishman you mention to talk about five million." Also notes that he needs to hear from Edmonds "because it gives me a new and important slant amongst these new and conflicting views." Written on White House stationary. Accompanied by a signed White House card (see GLC02346.01.02)

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Edmonds, Richard Hathaway, 1857-1930

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