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On the recordJanuary 14, 1931
I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1932, to be immediately available, in the sum of $1,500,000 for beginning the construction of the first unit of the municipal center.
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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 the District of Columbia.

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