Herbert Hoover actually said...

I should add that the additional amounts, which will be needed by the Board cannot be determined except by the Board itself, but as Congress might shortly recess I have thought it desirable that a preliminary sum should be provided.

Context

Letter to the Speaker of the House Recommending Appropriations for the Federal Farm Board.

06/16/1929

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