Herbert Hoover actually said...

The expenditure on veterans' relief shows an increase of about $190 million for the present fiscal year but includes $112 million of the normal payment into the bonus fund for the next fiscal year which was advanced by Congress to the present fiscal year.

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Statement on the Federal Budget.

04/23/1931

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