Herbert Hoover actually said...

I feel that it is most desirable that the Commission mentioned in my Message of December 3 be constituted and sent to Haiti without delay and I, therefore, request the Congress to authorize the immediate sending of such a Commission and to appropriate for this purpose $50,000.

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Message to the Congress Requesting Authorization for a Commission To Investigate Conditions in Haiti

12/06/1929

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