President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" id="mwmA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a> delivers his first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_State_of_the_Union_Address" id="mwmQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1929 State of the Union Address">State of the Union message</a> to Congress. It is presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.<sup about="#mwt49" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_3#cite_note-8" id="mwmg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwmw">[8]</span></a></sup>
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