The President's News Conference
03/07/1929
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The applicant's name should appear in full on the front page of the application, thus, 'John Henry Smith,' not 'J.H. Smi...
The armaments of the world have grown up in general mutual relation to each other.
Provided further, That the charge for the issue of an original passport shall be $9.
No such suggestion has ever been made by any American official.