Herbert Hoover actually said...

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.

Context

Letter to the Speaker of the House Transmitting a Supplemental Estimate of Appropriation for the District of Columbia.

01/14/1931

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