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Herbert Hoover: “I regret that the Government should be absorbed upon such questions as the action of the Power Commission in employment…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 1931
I regret that the Government should be absorbed upon such questions as the action of the Power Commission in employment or nonemployment of two subordinate officials at a time when the condition of the country requires every constructive energy.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Statement About Refusal To Resubmit Federal Power Commission Appointments to the Senate.

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