Address to the Gridiron Club.
04/12/1929
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Provided further, That the charge for the issue of an original passport shall be $9.
I propose that the treaty number and tonnage of battleships shall be reduced by one-third.
These expenditures cannot be recovered; they must be met by the taxpayer now or in the future.
I earnestly hope that this may be done.