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On the recordFebruary 23, 1931
The Supreme Court of the United States has said that the Secretary of the Interior had administrative jurisdiction to determine the rights of these Indians to that interest fund and that his decision was not contrary to the provisions of the Act of 1889.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Veto of Indian Claims Legislation.

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