Herbert Hoover: “Since that time it has not only stopped, but it is estimated that $34 million has been returned to circulation from…”

The Secretary of State may grant and issue passports, and cause passports to be granted, issued, and verified in foreign countries by diplomatic representatives of the United States

No such suggestion has ever been made by any American official.

Any study of many of these public works provisions will indicate plainly their pork-barrel characteristics.

I do so with the deepest regret because of the distinguished service you have rendered and the fine place you have been able to make for yourself in the Diplomatic Service.