Statement on Government Expenditures.
10/15/1931
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I earnestly hope that this may be done.
These are our objectives and with unceasing effort, with courage and faith in Almighty God, they will be attained.
Our Army, including the National Guard and all other reserves, has already been reduced much below the European standard...
I am glad to see the adoption by both the Senate and the House of the principle of generous relief to unemployment.