The President's News Conference
07/05/1931
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Passports may be amended in the United States by the Department of State or any of the passport agents of the Department...
Section 598 of the Consular Regulations of 1896 is hereby canceled.
I have informed Republican leaders that except for a few major addresses expounding policies of the administration I wil...
That the validity of a passport . . . shall be limited to a period of two years.