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On the recordDecember 6, 1929
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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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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

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