Herbert Hoover actually said...

As the appropriations for these activities will be exhausted about January 1, 1930, I hope that the estimates will receive the early consideration of Congress.

Context

Letter to the Speaker of the House Transmitting Supplemental Estimates of Appropriations for the Department of Justice.

12/12/1929

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