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On the recordJune 23, 1930
This bill selects a particular group of 75,000 to 100,000 men, makes provision for them in the most wasteful and discriminatory way conceivable and entirely neglects the equal rights to help of over 200,000 more veterans who are likewise suffering from disabilities incurred in civil life since the war.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on the World War Veterans' Bill.

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