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Herbert Hoover: I recommend that, in order to effect a settlement of these claims in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary…

On the recordDecember 4, 1929
I recommend that, in order to effect a settlement of these claims in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of State, the Congress, as an act of grace, and without reference to the legal liability of the United States in the premises, authorize an appropriation in the sum of $11,700.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message to the Congress Recommending an Appropriation To Settle Nicaraguan Claims.

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