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On the recordMarch 13, 1931
On the return voyage the President will stop off at the Virgin Islands, the jurisdiction of which has been recently transferred by the President's order from the Navy to the Department of the Interior.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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White House Statement on the President's Caribbean Tour

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