Herbert Hoover actually said...

I have today notified the Senate that I will not accede to their resolution requesting the return to the Senate of the resolutions advising and consenting to the appointment of Mr. George Otis Smith, Col. Marcel Garsaud and Mr. Claude L. Draper, members of the Federal Power Commission.

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Statement About Refusal To Resubmit Federal Power Commission Appointments to the Senate.

01/09/1931

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