Herbert Hoover actually said...

This claim grows out of the improper exercise of jurisdiction over Mr. Salem by the native courts of Egypt respecting a charge of forgery of deeds and out of the retention by the Egyptian authorities of Mr. Salem's deeds for a period of over four years.

Context

Message to the Congress About the Claim of George J. Salem Against the Government of Egypt.

01/25/1931

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