On the recordSeptember 28, 1931
I welcome it and will go to the American people on the question of whether the departments have the right to dictate to the American people what they shall expend.
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presidency.ucsb.eduI welcome it and will go to the American people on the question of whether the departments have the right to dictate to the American people what they shall expend.
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