Quote – Hon. Compton I. White, Idaho Congressman , Testimony, Committee on Banking and Currency. House.

This act would affect building conditions in my State. While in many districts the population is quite dense, the districts are widely scattered. The irrigation districts are densely populated, but then there will be wide areas where there is practically no population at all. When you limit the radius to 50 miles you are putting out of business a good many of our building and loan associations because they cannot operate in an area supported by the business they will have in the small areas covered in this bill.

Statement of Hon. Compton I. White, A Representative in Congress from the State of Idaho (pgs 366-368) [includes telegrams/letters from constituents]; Hearings. Committee on Banking and Currency. House.

Friday, May 18, 1934
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