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Herbert Hoover: “I wanted to make it clear to you that that is not a breach of what I conceive to be the relationship between the…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 1929
I wanted to make it clear to you that that is not a breach of what I conceive to be the relationship between the Executive and Congress in legislation of this type, but it is simply the amplification of a principle, and one which I consider of great vitality.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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