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On the recordOctober 3, 1929
The Comptroller's report on matters connected with the Shipping Board relates to transactions mostly several years ago and all of them prior to this administration.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on an Investigation of the U.S. Shipping Board.

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