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Herbert Hoover: “I am transmitting herewith and I commend to the favorable consideration of the Congress a report on the subject from the…”

On the recordDecember 20, 1931
I am transmitting herewith and I commend to the favorable consideration of the Congress a report on the subject from the Secretary of State in which he requests that authorization be made for an appropriation to defray the expenses of sending an American delegation to Geneva for the purpose of representing the United States at the conference.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message to the Congress Requesting Appropriations for the American Delegation to the General Disarmament Conference at...

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