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On the recordApril 29, 1930
I recommend that, as an act of grace and without reference to the question of the legal liability of the United States, an appropriation of $1,500 United States currency be authorized to effect settlement of this claim.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message to the Congress Recommending payment of a Claim Presented by a Chinese Citizen.

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