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Herbert Hoover: The test of the value of such relief is the ability to pay wages between now and the end of the fiscal year, and I…

On the recordDecember 3, 1930
The test of the value of such relief is the ability to pay wages between now and the end of the fiscal year, and I therefore urge that this estimate be given early consideration.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the Speaker of the House Transmitting a Supplemental Estimate of Appropriation for Emergency Construction Funds.

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