The President's News Conference
04/23/1931
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It is hereby ordered, under authority contained in section 5 of the act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 388-389), that the trust period on all...
The committee makes charges against two present Federal officials but not over patronage questions.
I have asked the Department of Justice to consider the report of the Senate committee on Federal patronage in the South.
All Federal officials known to have engaged in such practices have either resigned or been removed.