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Herbert Hoover: Under instructions to the various departments of the Government, a system has been established by which these…

On the recordMarch 17, 1930
Under instructions to the various departments of the Government, a system has been established by which these reprehensible practices have been absolutely stopped and the system of purchase and sale of appointments, so far as it existed, has been ended.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on Federal Patronage in the South.

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