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On the recordApril 30, 1930
The details of this estimate, the necessity therefor, and the reasons for its submission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget transmitted herewith.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Letter to the Speaker of the House Transmitting a Supplemental Estimate of Appropriation for Enforcement of Prohibition and...

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