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Herbert Hoover: “The most constructive direction for economy in Federal expenditure beyond a rigid reduction of appropriations and the…”

On the recordDecember 28, 1931
The most constructive direction for economy in Federal expenditure beyond a rigid reduction of appropriations and the resolute opposition to new appropriations lies in the consolidation of Government bureaus and general reorganization of the Federal Government.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on Economy in Government.

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