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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 30, 1930

I believe I can say with assurance that our joint undertaking has succeeded to a remarkable degree, and that it furnishes a basis of great tribute to our people for unity of action in time of national emergency.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 30, 1930

They involve the immediate fears of men and women for their daily bread, the well-being of their children, the security of their homes.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 30, 1930

We have need to maintain every agency and every force that we have placed in motion until we are far along on the road to stable prosperity.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 30, 1930

To the Senate: I transmit herewith a treaty for the limitation and reduction of naval armament, signed at London on April 22, 1930, by the plenipotentiaries of the President of the United States of America, the President of the French…

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 30, 1930

I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year 1931, in the sum of $250,000, to continue during the fiscal year 1931 the inquiry into the problem of the…

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 29, 1930

The details of this proposed legislation, the necessity therefor, and the reason for its submission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, transmitted herewith, with whose comments and…

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 29, 1930

I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a draft of proposed legislation to reappropriate $3,500,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation 'Military and naval insurance, Veterans' Bureau, 1930, and…

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 29, 1930

I recommend that, as an act of grace and without reference to the question of the legal liability of the United States, an appropriation of $1,500 United States currency be authorized to effect settlement of this claim.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 29, 1930

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State in relation to a claim presented by the Government of Denmark for the payment of compensation to the owners of the Danish motor ship Indien for damages sustained as a result of a…

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 28, 1930

Altogether the Government is meeting the situation one way or another by increasing its program for construction by somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 to 125 million.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 28, 1930

We have expedited the public works program or authorized program by some 12 million over and above the annual expenditure.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 27, 1930

This is well indicated by the fact that less than one third of federal prisoners are due to prohibition.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 27, 1930

The conclusion reached by the Acting Secretary of State has my approval and I recommend that the Congress authorize an appropriation of $152.35 to be paid to the Polish Government.

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