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Herbert Hoover: I have asked the Department of Justice to consider the report of the Senate committee on Federal patronage in the South.

On the recordMarch 17, 1930
I have asked the Department of Justice to consider the report of the Senate committee on Federal patronage in the South.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on Federal Patronage in the South.

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